NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid with two cameras, including the Near-Infrared Camera and ...

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

A Q&A with Lindley Johnson, a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...

Nasa says there is a small chance ... of asteroids grouped together mostly by gravity." Getty Images Eros became the first near-Earth asteroid to be discovered when a German astronomer spotted ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 for the first time; previously thought to have a ...

Proctor James Webb Space Telescope images of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken with the telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) ...

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...

KU is about 113 metres wide, nearly as tall as a 35-storey building. It is currently travelling at over 64,800 kilometres per ...

While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

It came closest to Earth on Christmas Day ... and South Asia. Discovery images of asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA The ESA said that the space rock "is small enough that the effects ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.