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

In the meantime, researchers have found that the special infrared filters on the multipurpose James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can also be used to find small asteroids and precisely determine ...

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

They're calling them "planetary embryos". Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. These embryos, somewhere between ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.

If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of impact will rise and then fall, according to the agency. For example, the asteroid Apophis ...

While both JPL and MPC focus squarely on cataloging and tracking natural asteroids, comets and other natural bodies — the day will come when astronomers must begin closely watching human-made ...

Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt Dec. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt.

Explore the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible discovery: a cosmic alignment revealing the teenage years of our Milky ...