The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

Astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. It crosses Earth's orbit. Observations show a slightly increased chance of a lunar impact in 2032. The probability is now 4.3%. There is no risk to Earth.

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, the size of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with an increased 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in 2032.

A single asteroid hit the Yucatán Peninsula with more power than a billion nuclear bombs. The result? The end of the age of dinosaurs. Discover how the Chicxulub impact caused chaos across the planet, ...

Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...

NASA recently revealed that improved observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have sharpened the asteroid's projected path.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently made a final observation of asteroid 2024 YR4 before it drifted out of range. This rare data update refined the asteroid’s projected path and revealed a ...

Strange New Worlds Season 2 took fans to the much-speculated planet in the galaxy, Rigel VII. The planet is the homeworld of a pre-warp species referred to as the Kalar.

Ben Garrod and Alice Roberts investigate the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet – the sudden disappearance ...

NASA's Worm logo is displayed in front of the agency's headquarters in Washington.Credit: NASA Two NASA employees are being honored as part of the ...

China lays foundation for cislunar infrastructure with spacecraft in novel lunar orbits China has sent several small spacecraft into specialized lunar and cislunar orbits to test communications, ...

A large plume of smoke rose over the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday (June 16) after Israel attacked the offices of Iran's ...