YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...
Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...
Astronomers confirmed the object as a near-Earth asteroid, and catalogued it as 2024 YR4. But additional calculations soon ...
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...
In 2029, one of the solar system's many asteroids will pass Earth close enough to see with the naked eye. But asteroid ...
PT5 traced to lunar highlands; Apollo 14 rocks match Research reveals natural origin; trajectory rules out space debris ...
PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...
The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...