An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

Nasa said it is deploying the James Webb Space Telescope to overserve the asteroid. The asteroid will be at its brightest in March 2025 when the first round of Nasa observations is scheduled.

A 2% chance of an asteroid strike is "uncommon," officials say. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...

China has started assembling a planetary defence team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

As of February 7, NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies calculates that the nearly 300-foot-wide asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.3 percent chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032 ...

Astronomers say a newly discovered 196-foot asteroid has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according reporting from Space.com. The near-earth object was discovered in 2024 and has stirred ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

SCIENTISTS ARE TURNING TO THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE TO TRACK AN ASTEROID THAT THEY SAY COULD BE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR EARTH WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE. WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? NASA SAYS ...