I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

An asteroid believed to be up to 700metres wide will pass relatively close to Earth within days, and is being tracked by NASA ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

It currently sits around 420 million miles (or 670 million kilometres) from Earth. Astronomers have since confirmed its ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

The ESA wrote in a blog post: "By March 2025, astronomers had ruled out an Earth impact in 2032. However, the final observations of the asteroid failed to rule out another intrigu ...

An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to ...

The object was first noticed by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), with further observations ...

An asteroid called 2024 YR4 has been identified - and it’s heading back toward Earth with a 3.1% chance of impact by December ... In this video, we break down what scientists know so far, why NASA is ...

It is only the third such object to have been identified as having an interstellar origin, which means it did not begin its ...