The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...

An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions—and it could change our ...

Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered about the mysteries lurking beyond our Earth? The asteroid belt, a ...

Space junk rained down on Saskatchewan farmland twice in 2024, and no one seems able to explain why the debris failed to burn up in the atmosphere. Last April, Saskatchewan farmer Barry Sawchuk found ...

PARIS — A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4-percent chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid, ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed images of asteroid 2024 YR4, providing new insights into its size, surface material, and heat patterns. Initially considered a ...

The asteroid which scientists originally said had a small chance of hitting Earth is now showing a slightly higher chance of crashing into the moon. Based on the latest observations by the Webb ...

While the chance of a “city-killer” asteroid striking Earth in about eight years time has been significantly ruled out, the odds of it hitting the moon has increased. NASA said the asteroid’s chance ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list. Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The deep space asteroid that recently made headlines for its potential to collide with Earth received its own photoshoot courtesy ...

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid, ...