Here’s how it works. Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid — only to realize that the supposed space rock was the remains of Elon ...

Astronomers say they hope to gather more information about Betelgeuse ... The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. The asteroid is Leona, a slowly rotating, oblong ...

The probability of impact has shifted in the past two months as astronomers gathered more information ... the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared with Earth.. An Unusual Asteroid: China ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially ... 200-second long exposures in the Red band (a specific range of ...

But additional calculations soon raised red flags—its ... gleaned enough information to estimate when it might return. Based on the available calculations, the asteroid will again near the ...