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Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.
The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...
Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...
Legendary Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, astronomer Scott Manley and acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal, known for her Lady Astronaut series, will headline an all-star lineup of speakers in ...
Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...
An asteroid crashing into Earth may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but experts warn it’s a real threat—and we may ...
New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...
Astronomers have discovered six hidden asteroids orbiting alongside Venus — and three of them could one day strike Earth.
Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...
“People find the car study infinitely relatable,” Piff says now of this research, the results of which were published in the ...
Last month, in association with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we held the 2025 Sloan Film Summit, three days where we brought together the worlds of ...
Multiple asteroids are hurtling towards the Earth this week. However, there is no reason to panic as they will only pass ...