A team of school students and teachers has discovered 11 small astronomical objects in our solar system, including one provisionally recognized by a NASA-backed program as a main belt asteroid (MBA).

Overall, there have been upward of 36,000 asteroid flybys, the agency reported. Adding to the solar system show this week, another asteroid, known as 2020 XR, will fly by Earth at 12:27 a.m. ET on ...

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks. Lucy’s first asteroid flyby was in 2023 when it swept past little Dinkinesh ...

NASA is monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4. According to science experts, it has an increased chance of impact and now has a 2.3% chance of hitting our planet on Dec. 22, 2032. 2024 YR4 is estimated to ...

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks. In November 2023, Lucy successfully "phoned home" to NASA after a high-speed ...

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Published Sep 12, 2024 11:47 AM EDT. Illustration of the cases where one impulse Δv = 10−1 m s−1 from a small asteroid impact has been applied to Apophis. Credit: ...

NASA is monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4. According to science experts, it has an increased chance of impact and now has a 2.3% chance of hitting our planet on Dec. 22, 2032. 2024 YR4 is estimated to ...