The asteroid, about a third of a mile wide at its equator, poses no immediate threat to our planet. But hundreds of years from now, there is a small chance that Bennu could slam into Earth.

Earth harbors incredible secrets, from remnants of a planet that formed the Moon residing deep within, to ancient auroras ...

Votes placed by the engineering community recognized Theia Technologies as a Bronze winner in the Lighting, Lenses, and Optics category. Theia Technologies announced today that its IQ Lens System ...

The moon is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago, likely resulting from a massive collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object called Theia. Although Earth only has one true ...

It was thought that a direct collision would have been too much, breaking the Earth and Theia apart, creating an asteroid belt between Venus and Mars. It was less than a decade ago that ...

A NASA spacecraft will make a close approach to an asteroid in the main belt on Sunday afternoon, in the second of several asteroid flybys planned for its 12-year mission to study remnants of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

And how does asteroid 2024 YR4 stack up to some of astronomy’s biggest ... According to the leading Giant Impact Hypothesis, a Mars-sized protoplanet called Theia delivered the one impact to rule them ...

That rock has a name: Theia. This requires an explanation. You probably know about the asteroid that smashed into Earth about 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period, creating the ...

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… ...

The probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in the near future has leapt from having a near-zero chance of occurring to having roughly a 3 percent chance. While that may not seem like a ...