A fall of rare meteorites in Costa Rica has revealed new details about a similar space rock that fell in Australia 50 years ...

KU is about 113 metres wide, nearly as tall as a 35-storey building. It is currently travelling at over 64,800 kilometres per ...

The pieces of a meteorite that fell in Costa Rica in 2019 are so unusual that scientists believe it had moved through space relatively unscathed — that is, until it encountered our planet. This ...

YR4 gained media attention after initial calculations indicated it would collide with Earth around 2032, a study conducted ...

While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

YR4, which recently caused concern over the possibility of it impacting Earth, has been the subject of extensive tracking ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...