YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

Slated for a 2027 launch, NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission is advancing through critical testing phases to enhance our planetary defense. The mission will utilize an advanced infrared telescope, housed ...

NASA rockets to study auroral pulsations and flickers in Alaska GIRAFF mission examines fast-pulsating and flickering auroras Black auroras linked to electron reversals explored by new mission ...

NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office — which is responsible for things like DART, the NEO Surveyor mission, and America’s suite of ground-based asteroid detecting telescopes — gets funding ...

Older spacecraft, for example, were not always subject to the same sterilization. Memorably, a camera on NASA's Surveyor 3 lander, which the Apollo 12 astronauts retrieved, was found to have been ...

Another Chinese New Year, another Jack Neo film. For many of us, it’s become a yearly tradition to look forward to his films during the festive season, just like waiting for the reunion dinners ...

About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA scientists have produced the most comprehensive survey of the ...

But last week's launch marked a crucial step to pave the way for NASA to send astronauts back to the moon in the years ahead under its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo ...