NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, originally launched as WISE in 2009, has ended its mission after nearly 15 years in operation. It successfully identified around 3,000 near-Earth objects and contributed ...

NASA analysis of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 indicates it has >1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, which also means there's ~99% chance this asteroid will not impact. Such initial analysis ...

The odds of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting the Earth have increased from 1 percent to 2.3 percent, but experts say this was expected and are not worried about it. The asteroid was first detected on ...

Before it became a crater of saurian doom, the space rock that ended the age of the dinosaurs most likely was a near-Earth object (NEO), an asteroid that occasionally came within striking distance of ...

The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) is pleased to announce the first of its series of International Workshops on NEO Deflection Policy. The first of this series of four workshops will be held at ...

An asteroid as large as the Washington Monument is due to pass Earth next week, approaching closer than the orbit of our moon. The asteroid, named 2024 MK, is estimated to be between 394 to 885 feet ...

The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) is pleased to announce the first of its series of International Workshops on NEO Deflection Policy. The first of this series of four workshops will be held at ...

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid, “2025 XF1,” which is rapidly approaching Earth this week. With speeds of nearly 8,000 miles per hour, the space agency’s observations are critical for ...

Asteroids lurking between Earth and the sun but hidden by our star's glare may help to shed light on the history of the solar system, a scientist believes. Astronomer Scott Sheppard, from the Carnegie ...

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