The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

An asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere last Friday. Astronomers were able to precisely determine where it was going to strike. And despite seeing it just two hours before impact, its small size meant it ...

The refined observations from last month eliminate chances of impact, and provide a flyby distance.

This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. The sigh of relief that we weren’t on course ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent two years observing the asteroid Bennu before it collected a ...

NASA is monitoring a plane-sized asteroid that’s heading towards Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Measuring around 230 feet in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 60-meter asteroid may hit the Moon in 2032; models predict a bright flash, moonquake, and possible meteor surge. (CREDIT: ...

NASA is monitoring a house-sized asteroid that is speeding towards Earth at more than 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that the asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon, will safely pass by in 2032.

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth. The OSIRIS-REx ...