NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured stunning new images as it whipped past Earth during a high-speed slingshot maneuver, ...
The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...
From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...
2025 PN7 is a small, dim asteroid that appears to orbit Earth, according to EarthSky. Believed to be a piece of the moon that ...
“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...
The celestial body known as asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a collision course with the moon, with an expected impact date in 2032. As the clock ticks, scientists are considering a drastic measure to prevent ...
If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...
An asteroid named YR4 is on a potential collision course with the moon, with NASA estimating a 4% chance of impact in 2032.