The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

The James Webb Space Telescope will be helping to track asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032 ...

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

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In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth to slow down asteroids, a potential impact by the giant space rock could create a crater hundreds of metres wide, ejecting debris into space.

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

Scientists will be able to use the James Webb Space Telescope to help them build a better understanding of Asteroid 2024 YR4.

Astronomers have opened up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to foreign scientists to determine how much damage the ...

NASA is making emergency preparations to deal with a ‘city-killing’ asteroid after the odds of it smashing into Earth ...

China has formed a planetary defense team to monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.2% impact probability. Global space ...

NASA is urgently studying asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1-in-43 chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Using the James Webb Telescope ...