The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

However, recent observations made by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found that the asteroid could still smash into the Moon. It now has a 3.8 per cent chance of a lunar strike, up from a 1.8 per ...

YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought to have a chance of smashing into Earth ...

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

In a study published in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), which is a part of The University of Alabama ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated ...

Nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” a giant, spiral-shaped disk galaxy was spotted in an unusually crowded part of the early universe ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured detailed data on asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot-wide near-Earth object once ...

Rocket Lab USA Inc. launched a new line of advanced solar arrays designed to power satellites across all orbital environments ...

New JWST research unveils the surprising influence of strong magnetic fields on star formation within the Milky Way's central ...

Pat Parris explores 50 years of the Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, and tells us what makes it Absolutely Arizona.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...