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

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

A new study reports that this space rock likely hails from the central region of the main asteroid belt between Mars and ...

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

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

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

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.

A new study reports that this space rock likely hails from the central region of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — a cosmic "suburb" scientists don't typically associate with ...

Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have uncovered new insights about 2024 YR4. This is an Earth-crossing ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...