YR4 has just over a 2% chance of hitting Earth, according to NASA, but experts say there's no need to panic yet.

Rivkin led the investigation for NASA's 2022 DART mission, which successfully nudged an asteroid off its course using a spacecraft — a strategy known as a "kinetic impactor." The target asteroid ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Most of the $1 billion mission's cache has been set aside for future analysis. Scientists stress more testing is needed to better understand the Bennu samples, as well as more asteroid and comet ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...