From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...
The asteroid was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch, NASA confirmed. The impact prediction was made by the Scout system ...
In late December astronomers using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near our planet. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between ...
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a potential ...
Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...
The asteroid, dubbed YR4, was first discovered in December 2024. There’s the good (Earth is no longer at risk of a direct hit from an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4); the bad (shrapnel could cause extensive ...
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