An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get ...

The James Webb Space Telescope turned the 2024 YR4 asteroid in the smallest target it ever observed, was able to accurately ...

and it has the highest impact probability of any asteroid since humanity started such tracking. It’s not exactly a Seeking a Friend for the End of the World type situation, but it is cause for ...

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

But as this possibility was being assessed, another troubling report surfaced at the end of February - the asteroid's potential impact on the Moon. The good news is that we know the asteroid has a ...

Deep Impact and Armageddon share a similar plot, but while Armageddon favored action, Deep Impact remains one of the most ...

James Webb Space Telescope images of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken with the telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). | Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Andy Rivkin ...

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...

"While earlier in the year asteroid 2024 YR4 posed a potential future impact threat to Earth in 2032, by the end of February," the agency had since lowered "the risk of Earth impact" to "near-zero." ...