NASA is closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4 after scientists identified a potential lunar impact path in 2032. While it ...

The first full moon of 2026 is the Wolf Moon. And it’s a supermoon —the fourth in a row! As per the Farmer’s Almanac, it will ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 53–67 meter wide object discovered by Chile's ATLAS telescope in late 2024, poses a significant threat ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

A piece of space debris is the focus of the closest attention of astronomers worldwide as scientists evaluate a rare, but ...

Asteroid mining has moved from science fiction pitch decks into serious technical studies, but the gap between concept and ...

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much. The odds that the asteroid could crash into our celestial neighbor ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

According to the team's results, mining undifferentiated asteroids (believed to be the progenitor of chondritic meteorites) ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, ...

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