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

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid ...

There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting the moon in December 2032, a slight rise from NASA’s February estimate of 1.7%.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to ...

2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...