NASA confirms no collision risk as asteroids 2024 YC1 and 2024 YQ2 approach Earth on December 28, 2024, at 639,000 miles apart. With sizes comparable to a large airliner and a small building ...

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its ...

NASA has alerted the public about two asteroids, 2024 YA10 and 2024 BM1, set to have close encounters with Earth this Wednesday. However, the space agency has reassured that these asteroids pose ...

NASA’s JPL will continue to track these asteroids closely. While they pose no threat, their close proximity provides scientists with valuable data to better understand celestial bodies and ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks. A time-lapse of images from NASA’s James Webb ...

Two massive asteroids, 2024 XY5 and 2024 XB6, are hurtling towards Earth today, December 16th, according to NASA. Although the space agency has confirmed no imminent danger, the close encounters ...

They looked at data collected by the JWST, which had initially been focused on a completely different target, the TRAPPIST-1 star system. Their efforts led to the discovery of 138 new asteroids ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun, in 2025. One key event for Lucy is its flyby of the inner main-belt ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is helping scientists better understand near-Earth asteroid impacts by providing unprecedented insights into small asteroids. A team of researchers ...