AstroForge: Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to launchpad
A decade ago, news stories were aflutter about the wealth promised by asteroid mining companies. But things didn't quite work ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer a threat? Will it ever hit the Earth? Here’s what ESA has revealed
The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to observe the asteroid in March and May 2025 under the director’s discretionary ...
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NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027
NEO Surveyor will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast no earlier than September 2027. The total value ...
NASA gives massive update on 'city-killing' asteroid - as odds of it hitting Earth in 2032 are changed AGAIN
NASA has given a major update on the asteroid 2024 YR4 which had a chance of hitting Earth in 2023 - as the space agency ...
Will an asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? Here's what we know
NASA announced that the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had been recalculated thanks to additional data, and now ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here’s what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
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Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks!'
YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero, the level for 'No Hazard' as additional tracking of its orbital path ...
Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...
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‘Threat-to-Earth’: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch NASA’s asteroid hunter telescope
NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch an advanced asteroid hunter telescope that will detect and observe asteroids that could pose ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may be a dud, but we will soon find many more threats
In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...
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An active February and an asteroid watch
It’s been a snowier-than-average February in Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Northwest. As of the weekend, about two feet of snow has fallen at Cliff’s station this month, compared to a ...
Oort cloud resembles a galaxy, new study finds
A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a ...