We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all. In the next five ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

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Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

Earth will have a close shave with two asteroids - Apophis and Asteroid YR4 2024. In 2029, 99942 Apophis will fly by at an eerily close distance and will be visible even to the naked eye. In 2032, YR4 ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence is the unique occasion of the close approach of 99942 Apophis in 2029 for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness regarding asteroids ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

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Over the course of a few weeks in February, the asteroid's chances of impact grew to an impressive 3 on the Torino scale, second only to the infamous 99942 Apophis (that one has a 4 on the same ...

The topic is particularly poignant given recent conversation around 99942 Apophis, an asteroid that will swing within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029, and 2024 YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid now ...