As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

While none of the approaching asteroids pose a threat to the planet, the space agency remains vigilant in its study of them, as it does with all the asteroids noted on its Asteroid Watch Dashboard. On ...

NASA is closely monitoring a massive asteroid named 462959 (2011 DU), which is set to pass near Earth at 9:15 PM IST.

Then in April 2025 ... and tracks Near Earth Objects (NEOs). These are asteroids whose orbit brings them within 195 million km (121 million miles) of the Sun. "Any asteroid we detect is generally ...

On the morning of April ... asteroid posed no threat to our planet. Still, this close encounter serves as an important reminder of the ongoing efforts to monitor and understand near-Earth objects ...

While the images released on April 2 ... eye toward asteroid 2024 YR4, which we now know poses no significant threat to Earth in 2032 and beyond. This is the smallest object targeted by Webb ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online. An asteroid ...

NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ... photos of the asteroid, the space agency announced on Wednesday. This image provided by the European Space Agency, April 2, 2025, captured by ...

April 3 (UPI ... Designated as near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, both NASA observers and members of the worldwide planetary defense community felt at first that the object, said to be 174-220 ...

After mid-April, asteroid 2024 YR4 will move ... Following Webb’s observations, NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies updated the asteroid’s chances of hitting the Moon on December ...