New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different ...

This artist’s concept compares the approximate size of Lucy’s next asteroid target, Donaldjohanson, to the smallest main belt asteroids previously visited by spacecraft — Dinkinesh, visited by Lucy in ...

If cats were the size of lions their natural instincts territorial behavior and predatory drives would become much harder to control. While many behaviors like affection and curiosity would remain ...

February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.

The James Webb Space Telescope will observe the asteroid in March to further gain insights about its size, said the blog post. “2024 YR4 provided an invaluable opportunity for experts at NASA ...

"But this object is actually about the same size as a 747 give or take." It was spotted in December. "When we first discover an asteroid, we just see it as this point of light that is moving ...

The asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first spotted by telescopes on Dec. 27, now has a 0.004 percent chance of hitting the planet and is “expected to safely pass… ...

Earlier, scientists worldwide had dubbed asteroid YR 4 as a ‘city killer’ due to its estimated size that ranged between 40 meters ... released energy ranging from 8 to 15 megatons of TNT. In ...

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago ...