New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks of life— in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid named Bennu. What can this discovery reveal ...

Overall, they write, a Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” reducing land photosynthesis by 36 percent and marine photosynthesis by 25 percent. That would in ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

Okay, I am being overly dramatic by the title, the asteroid YR4 was initially projected to have a 3.1% chance of hitting the ...

The asteroid is moving away from Earth now on its orbital path, so a larger telescope like Webb can help narrow down the asteroid's true trajectory. The Webb telescope, launched in 2021 as an ...

Asteroid Bennu still a concern ... The asteroid's predicted path crosses over eight major cities, including Bogotá, Lagos, Mumbai, and Chennai, putting roughly 110 million people at risk.

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

According to USA TODAY, the asteroid is moving away from Earth now on its orbital path, so a larger telescope like Webb will help narrow down the asteroid's true trajectory. The asteroid is also ...

He said: "When we first discover an asteroid, we see only a tiny piece of its orbital path. "Astronomers always check immediately to make sure that orbital path isn't intersecting with Earth any ...