Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about, 2024 YR4? Initially predicted with a small but ...
Surveyor is a $1.4-billion infrared telescope with a single mission: to hunt asteroids and comets that could pose a danger to ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
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Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...
A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.
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