Hera spacecraft captured an extraordinary near-infrared image of Mars’ moon Deimos during a flyby of the Red Planet. This ...

At the time the image was taken, the asteroid was around 37 million miles ... meaning there was a considerable increase in sky background light compared to typical darker conditions.

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

Lucy will continue to image Donaldjohanson over the next two months as part of its optical navigation program, which uses the asteroid's apparent position against the star background to ensure an ...

What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images) When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out. For now, however ...

In the first image, another dim asteroid can be seen in the lower right ... which uses the asteroid’s apparent position against the star background to ensure an accurate flyby.

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth. “Only a few asteroids have been studied ...

YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of ... [+] asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27, 2024. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii ...

When its image was captured, there was 70% moon illumination which increased the sky's background light. This light makes it even more difficult to detect an asteroid of such a small size.