When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock approximately the size of a 15-story building, might collide with the ...
A faculty member from Mississippi State University has discovered a new asteroid, a first for the Magnolia State.
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New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.
NASA's stunning radar images reveal asteroid 2025 OW, a tiny object spinning incredibly fast, challenging current scientific ...
Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.