“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

I knew that the engineering team leaned toward an overabundance of caution: They didn’t want the asteroid’s rugged surface to jeopardize ... Lauretta & Connolly et al. (2024) Meteoritics & Planetary ...

The final flight of Japan’s H-IIA rocket will carry the GOSAT-GW environmental research satellite to orbit on Saturday, ...

Japan on Sunday launched a satellite to monitor greenhouse gas emissions using its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

This interview was conducted in October 2023. As the International Space Station approaches 25 years of continuous human ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

While the potential threat to Earth from 2024 YR4 is all but gone, as the uncertainties in its orbit have been narrowed down, ...

A lawsuit filed in the US District Court Wednesday accuses several top leaders at Texas' Office of the Attorney General, or ...

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, ...