An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032 – and scientists are weighing how best to deal with it.
Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is far smaller and faster-spinning than previously thought. Astronomers have conducted a new ...
Liquid water on asteroids reshapes how we understand the early solar system. A group of scientists, including researchers from the University of Tokyo, has found evidence that liquid water once moved ...
A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...
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An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 could be just a few years away from colliding with the moon, and such an impact could have serious consequences.
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 could be just a few years away from colliding with the moon, and such an impact could have serious consequences.
A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...
These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day drift into Earth’s path, at least according to simulations combining ...
Surface features on asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, as identified by the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission, have ...
The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit ...
Recent advancements in asteroid research have led to an extraordinary discovery: 63 new young asteroid families, ...