(CNN) - Scientists are turning to some very powerful technology to track an asteroid that could crash into Earth. The James Webb telescope, famous for snapping some of the prettiest pictures across ...

(CNN) - The odds of an asteroid hitting the Earth in seven years have increased once again. Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known 2004 ...

Most asteroids rather conveniently live in a place between Mars and Jupiter known as the asteroid belt, but some can make their way a little closer to earth, where they can cause problems.

Webb will still be able to observe 2024 YR4 once the asteroid is beyond the viewing capabilities of Earth-based telescopes, providing measurements of the asteroid’s position, according to the ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft ...

But an asteroid that size could wreak regional havoc similar to the Tunguska impactor that flattened some 80 million trees in the Siberian wilderness in 1908, according to Live Science's sister ...