The ESA suggested a spacecraft-based response could be explored if 2024 YR4 turned out to be a serious threat. While Earth is in the clear, the asteroid currently has a 1.7% probability of ...

The last major asteroid event in recent history was the 18m wide meteorite that hit Chelyabinsk in Russia in 2013. The fireball turned night into day and released an estimated 500 kilotons of ...

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...

The asteroid could be anywhere between around 66 to 151 feet in diameter, according to the JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Another plane-sized space rock, known as the "2025 ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

NASA has given a major update on the 'city-killing' asteroid which has been hurtling towards Earth – and it finally makes for pleasant reading. After months of increasing odds, the space ...

in turn, was followed by sustained fires. The fires prompted the controlled shut down of all but one of the Starship engines, and communications with the ship was lost. SpaceX says that at the ...

You can get in touch with Jesus by emailing [email protected] Scientists have officially ruled out any threat from a newly discovered asteroid. After months of speculation, NASA and the ...