YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

In a Groundbreaking Discovery NASA Scientists Can Now Track Asteroid and Meteor Strikes on Earth Better Space enthusiasts and ...

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...

An asteroid's chances of hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen again to over ... it’s more accurate to use numbers to describe small sample sizes because using percentages can create misleading ...

Scientists will monitor it through April and then again in June 2028, when it returns to Earth's vicinity. As scientists continue studying the asteroid's trajectory and better understand its orbit ...

Current estimates of the asteroid's orbit suggest it returns to Earth's vicinity every four years, but it won't pose a threat in 2028, according to the University of Hawaii.Estimating the ...

Credit: CNSA HELSINKI — The spacecraft for China’s Tianwen-2 combined near-Earth asteroid sample return and comet rendezvous mission has arrived at Xichang spaceport for launch preparations.

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

a Sample Return Lander, and an Earth Return Orbiter (ERO). Unlike the baseline plans, Rocket Lab’s will perform under a firm-fixed price contract to ensure cost control and on-time performance.