The MPC, part of the International Astronomical Union, maintains an official catalog of near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets. It reports, names and numbers new discoveries. Multiple ...

Earth will witness three asteroids making close approaches on February 25, highlighting the need for continuous space monitoring. Though none pose a threat, their proximity keeps astronomers alert ...

In the case of 2024 YR4, that includes the space rock’s size as well as its orbit.Observations taken during the dark skies necessary for ground-based telescopes to track faint, small asteroids ...

Measuring 1,148 feet (350 meters) in diameter, Apophis was previously considered one of the most hazardous asteroids, with a chance of hitting our planet and reaching a 4 out of 10 on the Torino ...

KILLER ASTEROIDS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH. NASA JUST ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH SPACEX TO LAUNCH THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT, OR NEO SURVEY OR MISSION. YEAH, WELL, THE ODDS ARE SMALL OF IT EVER ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...

While this may not seem like much, it was one of the highest-risk asteroids on record, prompting astronomers to scramble to gather more precise data before it faded into the sun. At approximately ...

Tesla recalls over 376,000 vehicles due to power steering defect Binzel, who developed the Torino scale for measuring the impact hazards for objects like asteroids and comets, added that ...

Binzel, who developed the Torino scale for measuring the impact hazards for objects like asteroids and comets, added that scientists know that with more information, projections of the paths of ...

You can breathe now, the Earth isn’t going to end by an asteroid hit—yet. Astronomers monitoring a potentially catastrophic asteroid have seen its odds of hitting Earth drop dramatically, as new ...