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

The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.

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

One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

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

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...

which inhabits the Solar System's main asteroid belt. It's thought this asteroid could be up to 95% nickel and iron, which is similar to the Earth's core. Studying it will therefore increase our ...

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 ...

The Lucy spacecraft is heading for another encounter with a main belt asteroid, NASA said on Tuesday. The probe will fly by Donaldjohanson next week as a "dress rehearsal" before the start of its main ...

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

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