2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating ... Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid with two ...

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

The sheer power of an asteroid impact that gouged a three-mile-long trough in the ground and buckled local rocks has been revealed in a NASA satellite image ... through the Earth's atmosphere ...

Despite its reputation, outer space is far from empty, and the region around our planet is particularly riddled with space debris.

Getty Images Eros became the first near-Earth asteroid to be discovered when a German astronomer spotted it in 1898 (Credit: Getty Images) Does this mean a rubble pile asteroid would be more ...

This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 passing by Earth. Astronomers created a 3D image of the newly discovered asteroid after observing it with a telescope in Chile. (9NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.