As a result, the asteroid appears as a sharp dot of light in the 120-second exposure, compared to the background stars, which exhibit short trails from their relative movement. Follow Samantha ...

NASA is making emergency preparations to deal with a ‘city-killing’ asteroid after the odds of it smashing into Earth ...

A “fireball” has been seen over Swindon as a 33-metre asteroid was scheduled to pass ... but it didn’t explode like one just like fire through the sky.”(Image: Public submission) Another ...

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4, which will make a perilously close approach ...

The spacecraft dipped down, close to the surface of the asteroid known as Ryugu, fired a projectile at its surface, snatched some sample material, and then gently drifted back into its original ...