NASA has selected eight participating scientists to join its Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids ...
In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...
The asteroid, which was first reported in December 2024 and is large enough to destroy an entire city, was initially ...
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth ...
NASA has announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a threat to Earth. Initial calculations suggested a potential impact in 2032, leading to significant concern. However, recent observations ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...
The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in ...
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
Getty NASA has considerably lowered the risk of the asteroid 2024 YR4’s collision with Earth. In a news release on Monday, Feb. 24, the space agency announced that the asteroid — which ...