Abstract: Sample site selection is crucial for asteroid sample return missions, requiring a strategy that considers factors such as terrain and illumination for mission safety. However, the lack of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working out ways to prevent a potential impact. reading time 3 minutes Asteroid 2024 ...

Our planet had a "second moon" for a hot minute in 2024. This gave space entrepreneurs a bright idea. Almost a year ago, the space science community watched as an asteroid entered Earth's orbit and ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...

While Ozempic and other drugs like it have proven effective in helping people lose weight, many gain it back when the injections stop. A new drug targets weight loss differently, leading to a more ...

Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and leaving a 1.9 mile (3km) wide crater under the seabed. The Silverpit Crater is ...

Some asteroids hold more iron, nickel and cobalt than Earth's reserves, presenting options for off-planet construction, fuel production and radiation shielding for future space colonies. Key takeaways ...

KAYAK POINT — In honor of International Coastal Cleanup Day, Washington State University’s Beach Watchers extension program and Snohomish County’s Marine Resources Committee are teaming up for a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - An asteroid spanning the size of a New York City skyscraper zoomed past Earth on Thursday, thankfully missing our planet by several hundred thousand miles. The asteroid, ...

NASA is investing significant resources into asteroid defence, but its new protective system could have unintended consequences. The US space agency’s latest asteroid deflection initiative, the DART ...