The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

Graphic made in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic An asteroid will make a close pass of Earth this weekend and you can watch it live online. The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will sweep briefly across ...

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday. A team of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

getty The infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 could still strike the moon in the near future, according to Live Science. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made two planned observations of ...

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4 ... 174 to 220 feet (53 to 67 meters), Live Science previously reported. 2024 YR4 is one of the largest objects in recent ...

Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid with the potential to ... 174 to 220 feet (53 to 67 meters), Live Science previously reported. 2024 YR4 is one of the largest objects ...