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Before humans reach Mars, NASA wants to test its long-duration spaceflight capabilities by sending a crewed mission to a near-Earth asteroid. Using SpaceX’s Starship and Falcon Heavy, three astronauts ...
YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
But Not Too Close NASA has confirmed the approach of asteroid 2019 NW5. The space rock is expected to fly past Earth on 9 ...
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...
There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...
China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
NASA has confirmed that a 65-foot asteroid, named 2025 MN88, will skim past Earth today at a speed of 17,518 mph and a ...
A COLOSSAL asteroid on a collision course with the Moon could damage thousands of satellites and send shrapnel blasting ...
Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...
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To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...