A team led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory were focused on using the Webb telescope because the asteroid has been extremely difficult to observe since last year. A ...

There were concerns that Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon or Earth.

NASA’s NEO Surveyor telescope will launch in 2027 to find dangerous asteroids that current telescopes miss, strengthening planetary defense.

A fast-moving asteroid called 2026 DG7 is set to pass relatively close to Earth. Scientists say it poses no danger, but the event is drawing attention from space agencies worldwide. Why?

Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

A 140-foot asteroid is set to sweep past Earth today, and it seems everyone is taking notice. Astronomers have been tracking the space rock, officiall.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon in 2032! New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that the object will pass safely at a distance of more than 20 000 ...

Asteroid 2026 CU1 will sweep past Earth this week at high speed, close enough to attract attention yet deemed safe, raising ...

"The work continues." ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has eliminated the possibility that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in December 2032, resolving a years-long planetary defense alert that once ranked among the ...