REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

When American astronauts go back to the moon in the next few years, they'll be checking out two enormous canyons on the south ...

When American astronauts go back to the moon in the next few years, they'll be checking out two enormous canyons on the south pole, which researchers say were carved by an asteroid nearly four billion ...

Scientists comment on asteroid 2024 YR4 which may hit Earth in 2032. Prof Martin Ward, Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor of Astronomy, Durham University, said: ...

Kring and his team estimate the asteroid was 15 miles (25 kilometers ... The plan is to send astronauts around the moon next year, followed a year or so later by the first lunar touchdown by ...

Kring and his team estimate the asteroid was 15 miles (25 kilometers ... The plan is to send astronauts around the moon next year, followed a year or so later by the first lunar touchdown by ...

That is around twice the distance of the Moon. Even if 2024 ... which is when the asteroid was likely to have last been close to Earth. They will then next be able to properly observe 2024 YR4 ...

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