On brink of collapse, famed Puerto Rico space telescope to close down

The U.S. National Science Foundation on Thursday announced it will close down the massive space telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, ending 57 years of astronomical discoveries after ...
TheWrap

Hailee Steinfeld’s Immersive ‘Asteroid’ Producers Say ‘Synthetic Actors’ Can’t Replace Real Ones: ‘Why Do That?’

Not many people have seen Hailee Steinfeld’s latest film. The “Sinners” star appeared in “Asteroid,” a 30-minute outer space thriller that’s half movie and half interactive experience, using Google’s ...
NASA

Asteroid Euphrosyne as Seen by WISE

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The asteroid Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA's WISE spacecraft ...
Phys.org

Scientists discover 63 new young asteroid families—more than doubling the previous number

Young asteroids—which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system—are typically created when larger asteroids, planetesimals, or comets collide and break up ...
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NASA's DART: Redirecting An Asteroid To Protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...
TechSpot

NASA studies plan to destroy asteroid with nuclear bombs before it can hit the Moon

Let's bomb space: First discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 is drawing growing attention from the international space community. Scientists are now exploring options to address this ...
The Providence Journal

Will scientists nuke an asteroid to save the moon? Here's what to know about the plan

Scientists are still concerned that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon in the future One of the solutions suggested is nuking the asteroid to save the moon Scientists say the plan to use nuclear ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Find Evidence of a Mysterious Giant Asteroid Impact, but They Don’t Know Where Its Crater Is

Researchers have found evidence of a previously unknown asteroid impact, but the crater is still at large. The clues of this bygone cataclysm consist of tektites—a type of natural glass that forms ...
Dexerto

NASA considers nuking “city killer” asteroid before it collides with the Moon

NASA scientists are weighing a drastic plan to launch nuclear bombs at a “city killer” asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032. The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, is about 300 ft long and once ...
gadgets360

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Raises Concerns Over Moon Impact; Scientists Consider Nuclear Defence

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Raises Concerns Over Moon Impact; Scientists Consider Nuclear Defence Asteroid 2024 YR4, first detected in December 2024, is about 55 meters wide and was initially feared to have a 3 ...