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

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 ...

The asteroid is now the smallest object ever observed by Webb – an advanced telescope launched in 2021 outfitted with a gold-coated mirror and powerful infrared instruments. Weeks after Webb ...

Once declared to be on a collision course with Earth, an asteroid dubbed a “city killer” is now expected to miss the planet.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The asteroid is now the smallest object ever observed by Webb – an advanced telescope launched in 2021 outfitted with a gold-coated mirror and powerful infrared instruments. Weeks after Webb ...