The tiny asteroid 1998 KY26 (center) is observed here by the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...

Hayabusa2's planned 2031 rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26 is significantly more complex than initially anticipated due to newly refined measurements indicating the asteroid is only 11 meters in ...

A distant asteroid that a Japanese spacecraft is en route to visit could be a much harder target to reach than previously thought, according to new telescope data. The asteroid, known as 1998 KY26, is ...

We constantly fret about external threats and foreign attacks — but its an entirely other level of concern when the offensive comes from outer space. Two close calls with asteroids earlier this year ...

Following its successful collection of material from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2019, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft swung by Earth to drop off its precious ...