NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has got a new target in its sights. New photos have emerged of a small asteroid named Donaldjohanson. Images show the perceived motion of the asteroid. The Lucy spacecraft ...

Before examining the samples, the team expected that sample grains returned from the asteroid might contain substances not generally found in meteorites. They anticipated that these could be ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially ... LPL/Dr. Wierzchos/Bryce Bolin The photos were recorded on February ...

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 ...

Japan’s Hayabusa2 space probe has successfully returned with precious asteroid samples that could reveal crucial clues about the early solar system and the origins of life. Scientists are ...

The NFL season might be officially over, but the newly-crowned Super Bowl MVP's perfect smile is forever Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...

A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world over the past seven days: America's Lindsey Vonn prepares for the Alpine World Ski Championships women's downhill ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...