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 ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...