Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into view of the asteroid warning system, called ATLAS, in December last year. Astronomers then calculated that the space lump will make a super close approach to Earth in 2032 ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

In fact, the threat of getting hit by uncontrolled orbital reentries ... back material from the asteroid Bennu. He set up seismometers along the capsule’s path in the landing spot in Utah ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

and subsequent observations and modeling will be critical in determining whether Earth remains in the asteroid’s orbital path or not. A 2024 YR4 impact would be very bad, but not cataclysmic ...

Observations and data gathered since the initial sighting concluded that, as of Jan. 31, the asteroid is 30 million miles from Earth and moving farther away on its orbital path around the sun.

We usually see such warnings about one or two objects every year; the latest iteration concerns an asteroid ... s orbital vicinity, then determine if our planet will actually be in its path ...

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This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from ... [+] a range of 15 miles. As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a ...

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4 ... according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies (CNEOS). However, when orbital uncertainties are considered, that close approach could turn out ...