The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...
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Technology has improved enough to track space debris and asteroids down to the minute of entry. Last year, Kareta tracked a ...
An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...
Recent studies indicate that asteroid 2024 YR4 may impact the Moon, with a 0.3% chance, instead of Earth. However, its ...
SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect an asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...
We interrupt our regular schedule of fish puns and naughty jokes about holes to warn you that a huge chunk of celestial ...
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
Scientists suspect that if 2024 YR4 impacts the Moon, some debris from Earth’s neighbour ... some uncertainty about the trajectory of the asteroid, which was first spotted on 27 December last ...
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the far side.
Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth to slow down asteroids, a potential impact by the giant space rock could create a crater hundreds of metres wide, ejecting debris into space.