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

The risk of a football pitch-sized asteroid striking Earth has doubled to 2.3 per cent in just one week - placing it at the ...

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...

NASA warns about asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 2.3% chance of impact in 2032. Learn about its trajectory, risk level, and ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet.

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...