Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first detected on December 27 last year. The probability of a "city-killer" asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 just increased to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, according to NASA, and a chilling ...

One of the NEAs, 99942 Apophis, which was discovered in 2004, is arriving on (of all the freaking dates) Friday the 13th in ...

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi tests how to move around on a simulated asteroid wall. Takuya Onishi (JAXA) and Shannon Walker (NASA) practice moving along a translation line tied to an anchor on the ...

Of the thousands of space rocks whizzing through the solar system, there is one that has astronomers more worried than any other. Astronomers predict that the 500-metre-wide asteroid Bennu has a one ...

Of the thousands of space rocks whizzing through the solar system, there is one that has astronomers more worried than any other. Astronomers predict that the 500-metre-wide asteroid Bennu has a one ...

Sixty-six million years ago, this asteroid crashed into Earth and wiped out most of the life on our planet. Including the ...

The China National Space Administration plans to launch the asteroid sample-return mission TianWen-2 with the target being the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3. The TianWen-2 spacecraft mainly focuses on ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

A mile-wide asteroid traveling at 48,000 mph is set to pass close to Earth Saturday -- cosmically speaking. What makes this huge asteroid even more interesting is that it has its own moon. Asteroid ...

Fig. 6. The main simulation results of TianWen-2 sampling on an asteroid regolith surface. (A) The position of mainbody in landing site frame. (B) The attitude of mainbody relative to landing site ...

Enter the new era in iPhone Apps. 3D stereographic simulation. Challenge yourself in this simulation of an destructive asteroid field caused by a planetoid explosion. How long can you survive? A ...