2024 YR4 shows a 4% chance of hitting the Moon on December 22, 2032, with no risk to Earth. James Webb Space Telescope data ...

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

An asteroid, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Sept. 30 after surprising ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...

The European Space Agency signed a cooperation deal with South Korea and advanced a rideshare mission with Japan, as the ...

Such a collision could have devastating consequences for satellites and astronauts in space, prompting a group of scientists ...

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

Young asteroids—which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system—are typically ...