Scientists excited about the possible collision of asteroid 2024 YR4 with the Moon: “Hopefully it will have an impact”
YR4 was classified in February at Level 3 on the Torino Scale prompting the UN to activate the Planetary Security Protocol ...
Earth’s in the Clear From Menacing Asteroid in 2032—But Our Moon Might Not Be
New Webb Telescope data reconfirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, ...
NASA Tracking Car-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...
Costa Rica's mudball meteorite: A cosmic survivor that avoided collisions in the pinball world of asteroids
In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published ...
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How space law aims to regulate ‘space junk’ and protect earth
While life on Earth has been dramatic enough lately, there’s also been an unusual amount of news from space in the early ...
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5 Space Missions to Watch in April 2025: Polar Orbits, Space Weather and NASA’s Lucy
TBD: ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. space force missions. April could also see United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur ...
NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids
NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...
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Europe's Hera spacecraft aces self-driving test at Mars before asteroid mission
The spacecraft captured the Red Planet and its enigmatic moons, Deimos and Phobos, marking its first deep-space imaging ...
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In a Sky Full of Satellites, Astronomers Find Creative Ways to Observe the Stars
Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...