The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

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 ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes observatory captured imagery of the impact from the French island of La ...

An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet, ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...