Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

Impacts that large are, fortunately, very rare events. Current estimates suggest that ... A less likely possibility is that ...

that aims to one day mine rare metals in deep space. The company plans to launch a small spacecraft, called Odin, in late February to fly by an asteroid and snap images to investigate its ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 YR4 twice over the next few months. The asteroid has a ...

While there’s still a nearly 99 percent chance that 2024 YR4 won’t impact Earth, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said this rare asteroid poses a significant risk — rating it at Torino ...

When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid Bennu, among researchers around the globe.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation ... plan to take advantage of the rare flyby by sending uncrewed spacecraft to observe Apophis. The ESA plans to launch a spacecraft of ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...