Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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'Potentially hazardous' pyramid-size asteroid will make its closest flyby of Earth for more than 100 years this Wednesday
The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by ...
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This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
Space agencies have systems ... The images have been aligned so that the asteroid remains fixed at the centre of the frame, while the stars appear to move in the background. Any telescope on ...
10 space missions to look forward to in 2025 from space hotels to Gaganyaan
Space exploration is set to see significant advancements in 2025 with major missions including India's Gaganyaan, NASA's ...
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Meteorites: A geologic map of the asteroid belt
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
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Mysterious Mars moon captured in unprecedented images by space probe
A space probe flying past Mars captured images ... Scientists have previously speculated that it may actually be a piece of asteroid, not a moon. Hera got as close as 1,000 kilometers, or about ...
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! — 'That's impact probability zero folks!' Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 — Asteroid ...
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NASA spacecraft gets first photos of Asteroid Donaldjohansen on way to exploring even bigger space prize
It will be the second asteroid ... background to ensure an accurate flyby. Original article source: NASA spacecraft gets first photos of Asteroid Donaldjohansen on way to exploring even bigger ...
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Lucy spacecraft takes its first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson
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 ...
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City-killer asteroid may be hurtling towards Earth right NOW…& we have no way to detect it, space agency chiefs warn
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity has only just recovered from the near-miss of asteroid YR4 ...
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Why do the odds of asteroids hitting Earth keep fluctuating?
Later the space rock fluctuated again, this time to a figuratively and literally astronomical 1 in 59,000 chance for impact. In short, asteroid ... sort of the average background of being taken ...
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City-killer asteroid may be hurtling towards Earth right NOW…& we have no way to detect it, space agency chiefs warn
But there could be another asteroid like YR4 - or worse - lurking in our blind spot, an astronomer has warned. The problem is, we still don't have the tech to let us search the space between Earth ...