Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.
Nasa and China brace for ‘city-killer’ asteroid: Will Earth be ready?
A massive asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has captured global attention as both Nasa and China scramble to assess and counter the ...
How NASA and China Are Preparing To Blow Up Asteroids
With the "city-killer" Y24 asteroid headed for Earth, the world's largest space agencies are exploring ways to halt its ...
SpaceX launch sends 22 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...
NASA’s New Asteroid Data Changes Everything – And the Moon Might Pay the Price
YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.
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Asteroid's Earth Impact Odds Plummet, Scientists Now Playing the Long Wait Game
Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.
Why the chance that an asteroid might hit Earth in 2032 keeps changing
An asteroid has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here's why the odds are a moving target, according to the ...
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NASA Keeps Changing The Odds Of Asteroid Hitting In 2032
An asteroid discovered in December and named YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. But scientists keep changing ...
Astronomers Explain NASA's 2032 Asteroid Projections
Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? NASA says there's a chance, but the odds keep changing. We asked two experts to break it ...
Likelihood of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Colliding with Earth Keeps Changing — But It Remains Big Enough to Destroy a City
The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth keeps shifting, according to scientists. The object — which is large ...
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You’re going to see more ‘city-killer’ asteroids, but fret not: MIT astronomer
This week’s hype around a “city-killing” asteroid possibly striking Earth raised the fears of many before the odds of impact ...