‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to ...
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Woo! Science: Asteroids, satellites and a sneaky solar eclipse are what's 'up'
A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander reaches the moon, but its status is unclear
The AstroForge spacecraft was designed to snap photos of the asteroid rather than landing on its surface, intending to pave the way for future missions that could extract valuable metal from the ...
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'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
The Odin mission is a scouting effort to fly by asteroid 2022 OB5 to record images and data that would set the stage for a landing by AstroForge's next mission, called Vestri. The company built ...
Sunset on the moon seen in spectacular images taken by Blue Ghost lander
While making the deliveries, the Blue Ghost lander experienced one lunar day. During the course of that day, it captured ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while landing near Moon’s south pole
Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the Moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet ...
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Commentary: An asteroid doomsday is getting less likely
So far, scientists have only seen a small fraction of the asteroid’s orbit ... astronomers say they could pinpoint the landing area with a few weeks’ notice – enough time for people ...