NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025.

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is six days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with ...

YR4, it appeared, was heading for Earth but more data recorded by the Webb Space Telescope has offered new information about ...

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The Lucy spacecraft is heading for another encounter with a main belt asteroid, NASA said on Tuesday. The probe will fly by Donaldjohanson next week as a "dress rehearsal" before the start of its main ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are brought back.

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently ... some into another orbit around the Sun, towards the inner Solar System. Once an asteroid has been ejected from its usual path and is potentially ...

Dr Kelly Fast is the space agency’s acting NASA Planetary Defense officer and will explain the technologies being created to ...