Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth. “Only a few asteroids have been studied ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

"We took 12 200-second long exposures in the Red band and tracked the motion of the asteroid to obtain these images," Bolin explained. "The observations were difficult for three reasons.

UK VFX house Jellyfish Pictures has suspended all operations and is currently exploring options for either a sale or large ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...

CHILLING new telescope photos of the "city killer" asteroid hurtling towards earth at 30,000mph have been released. The chance of the space rock smashing into Earth when it loops around in 7 years ...

The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in ...

An artist’s impression of the James Webb telescope, which will be used to paint a more accurate picture of the asteroid’s size. NASA / SWNS With this “time-critical” threat potentially on ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...