Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock, which was spotted last month and is currently heading away from Earth.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

However, the Minor Planet Center (MPC), the agency responsible for cataloging asteroids, quickly retracted the classification ...

The celestial near-Earth object, known as 2024 PT5, measures about 33 feet (10 meters) wide; however, it’s not in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades due to its ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...