One of the most complex machines humankind has ever built tracked an almost invisible object many millions of kilometres away ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.

New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have eliminated any chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a little while last year, a newly discovered space rock had astronomers paying very close attention. The asteroid, known as ...

Scientists Feared This Asteroid Could Disrupt GPS and Communications, But the Latest Observations Reveal Something Else ...

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

Of all the asteroids that have imperiled the planet, 2024 YR4 is unparalleled. Soon after it was spotted in December 2024, worldwide telescopic observations quickly positioned it as the most dangerous ...

Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had come ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.