We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all. In the next five ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

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Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

Earth will have a close shave with two asteroids - Apophis and Asteroid YR4 2024. In 2029, 99942 Apophis will fly by at an eerily close distance and will be visible even to the naked eye. In 2032, YR4 ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving multiple flybys of asteroid Apophis with a swarm of cubesats when the ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular ...