On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...

YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

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

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get ...

The ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will come perilously close to the Earth, and may even hit the moon in 2032, James Webb Telescope observations confirm. | Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 amid concerns that it could collide with the Moon in 2032. While the asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth ...

Once assembly at JPL is complete, the spacecraft’s core components will be united in Utah for final integration. NASA’s asteroid-hunting mission, the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, is on track for ...

While this supersized space rock is also not on a crash path with Earth ... red-flagged rock is the hefty “god of chaos” asteroid Apophis, which will pass closer to Earth than some satellites ...

While this supersized space rock is also not on a crash path with Earth, it could potentially cause ... Another red-flagged rock is the hefty “god of chaos” asteroid Apophis, which will pass closer to ...