Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured the most detailed images yet of an oddly shaped asteroid during its recent flyby.

Hal Levison, principal investigator for Lucy at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said: “Asteroid ...

There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

and the asteroid’s impact odds cratered—to most everyone’s great relief. But there’s more to this story besides the chills and thrills of a near miss. 2024 YR4’s threat was no exercise ...

"This find was rather unexpected since most asteroids ... the asteroid 2024 YR4 in December 2024, hence the "2024" in its ...

This information is crucial for better predicting the asteroid's future trajectory, and ultimately refining its impact probability," says Gray. "Our recent ... was one of the most fast-acting ...

That said, astronomers are unable to rule out a possible impact with ... wide. The recent observations also suggest that the surface of the asteroid is cooler than most other asteroids of its ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...