Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

NASA recently revealed that improved observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have sharpened the asteroid's projected path.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

An intense solar eruption recently triggered a rare "severe geomagnetic storm" alert for Earth, with the U.S. Naval Research ...

The asteroid, also known as Kamoʻoalewa, is a strange little object just 40 metres wide. It orbits the Sun in sync with Earth, making it a “quasi-moon”, an asteroid that stays close to our planet but ...

Planetary boundaries outline how far past pre-industrial conditions Earth can get before anthropogenic activity has ...

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as northern lights might be possible at mid-latitudes.

An impact would pack the energy of more than ... has found only one viable follow-on target for OSIRIS-REx: the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which will make a close approach to Earth in April ...

By February 2024, NASA had ruled out any Earth strike. The updated odds dropped to near zero, and 2024 YR4 was officially ...

NASA reports a 250-ft building-sized asteroid, 2015 XR1, is passing Earth today at an incredible speed of 45,529 km/h.

An asteroid scientists feared would cause havoc by striking the Earth in the year 2032 now has an increased likelihood of ...