Will it help stave off a potential Armageddon? NASA is training humanity’s most powerful telescope on a “city-killing” asteroid to determine whether or not we need to brace for deep impact.

Even the long-term location of NASA headquarters is up in the air: The agency’s lease in Washington expires in three years, and the headquarters could soon be relocated, possibly to Florida or ...

But the world's space agencies have now made a rare emergency decision as the chances ... 2024 YR4 was first spotted in late December last year by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...

Ever since the Sentry list kept by the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory updated 2024 YR4’s chance of hitting Earth, an international team of scientists ...

Although JWST is a NASA-owned instrument typically reserved for American use, experts will now employ it to ascertain the precise dimensions of 2024 YR4 and finalise its orbital trajectory.

Even the long-term location of NASA headquarters is up in the air: The agency’s lease in Washington expires in three years, and the headquarters could soon be relocated, possibly to Florida or ...

She said NASA and other space agencies will continue to track the asteroid to refine their understanding of its orbit and gain a "much better" grasp of the percentage, which she added is "more ...

Scientists will use the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a NASA-owned instrument typically reserved for American use, to measure the asteroid’s size and track its orbit, Mirror reports.

An Armageddon-style plan might actually save Earth from large asteroids (Picture: iStockphoto) NASA is making emergency preparations to deal with a ‘city-killing’ asteroid after the odds of it ...

NASA is training humanity’s most powerful telescope on a “city-killing” asteroid to determine whether or not we need to brace for deep impact. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the building-sized space rock ...

Given the gravity of the situation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), normally a NASA-owned piece of equipment reserved for American use, has been opened up for global scientists to determine ...