Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

‘Dimorphos’ orbit is no longer circular: Its orbital period ... look at its new shape, the scientists used telescopes on Earth to watch how light reflected off the two asteroids and when ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour.

In fact, orbits have been plotted for all “planet-killer” asteroids whose orbital paths come close to, or at some point could intercept, the orbital path of Earth around the sun. The data has ...

A primary focus of Scheeres’ research is determining the orbital mechanics of small bodies (such ... NASA’s OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Asteroids, with their irregular shapes and ...

Global shape, topography, gravity field, rotation, and orbital motion are fundamental properties of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. PGD studies these properties in detail, as these provide ...

Hera is designed to conduct a more detailed "crash scene investigation," providing data about Dimorphos' shape and composition ... for deflecting the orbital paths of asteroids, if those paths ...