NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth ...

As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near future, it would most ...

However, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 percent chance of colliding with Earth in seven years' time, and its estimated width of ...

The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which knocked the 580-foot-wide asteroid Dimorphos off course in 2022.

Scott Manley is a software developer with degrees in physics and astronomy. He uses his self-taught engineering and rocket ...

Is Earth in danger of getting hit by another asteroid that wipes out living creatures? Not quite. Astronomers at space agencies around the world are closely watching ...

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

NASA and the European Space Agency have issued updates on what is considered to be the most dangerous asteroid astronomers ...

The infinite cosmos is a perilous expanse, filled with celestial objects that could be on a collision course with Earth.

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

Scientists are using the James Webb Telescope to study Asteroid 2024 YR4 which has a chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ...

This asteroid has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth. That's nearly double the percentage reported earlier this month. But ...