“If the asteroid has a darker surface, that number is too small; if it has a more reflective surface, that number is too high,” David Rankin, an engineer at the Catalina Sky Survey, told Space ...

including some never before seen in asteroid samples. “This is all very exciting because it suggests that asteroids like Bennu once acted like giant chemical factories in space and could have ...

Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032. In other words, the newly-discovered space rock ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football ... acting planetary defense officer at US space agency NASA, as an object of concern. "You get observations ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the ...

Further observations ruled out an impact. The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six-mile-wide space rock triggered a global winter, wiping out the dinosaurs and ...

The car, initially thought to be an asteroid, was later identified as Musk's space junk after investigation. This caused an embarrassing mix-up, highlighting the need for improved space debris ...

A story you may have seen recently claims an asteroid spotted this month by an astronomer turned out to be a Tesla in space. Believe it or not, this one's true. In 2018, Elon Musk and SpaceX ...

Spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid - designated 2024 YR4 has a chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, said space agency officials in the US and Europe, who have ...

NASA previously estimated that Asteroid 2024 YR4, a nearly 200-foot-wide space rock, has a one-in-83 chance (1.2 percent) of striking our planet. But now, the agency's 'Sentry' Earth Impact ...

A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. Odin will separate shortly after the Falcon 9 upper stage fires its engines to head for the moon.

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