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 ...

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

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

On June 17, in the year 2 B.C.E, a significant planetary conjunction occurred involving Venus and Jupiter. From Earth’s perspective, these two bright planets appeared to draw so close that they ...

After Rosetta, DART and Hera, Politecnico di Milano is preparing for a return to deep space. In 2028, the university will take part in the European Space Agency’s RAMSES mission to study Apophis which ...

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent asteroid target Bennu.