According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.

Daksh Malik, a Class 9 student, made the initial detection of the asteroid, now temporarily named ‘2023 OG40’, located in the ...

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

Through the International Asteroid Discovery Project, Daksh Malik successfully discovered asteroid 2023 OG40 in the main asteroid belt of the solar system.

Daksh Malik, a Class 9 student from Shiv Nadar School, Noida, has discovered an asteroid located in the asteroid belt between ...

Daksh Malik's school offered him a chance to join the International Asteroid Discovery Programme, which allowed participants ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

The lander is part of the larger mission to the asteroid belt The lander, designed to study the asteroid Justitia, will be part of the larger EMA initiative, which spans a 13-year mission to ...

A Noida teenager, Daksh Malik, has made headlines after discovering an asteroid through the International Asteroid Discovery ...