Odds of "city-killer" asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 rise, then fall again, NASA says
The asteroid 2024 YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
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The asteroid 2024 YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.
The clouds contain carbon dioxide and only form high in Mars' atmosphere.
By switching the next space station crew to a different ferry ship, the Starliner astronauts will get home a bit earlier than planned.
Get ready for the Snow Moon, February's full moon, which is set to peak on Wednesday morning.
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return.
Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to number four overall.
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.
Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.
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Researchers said this was the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet.
A fire in the aft section of SpaceX's Starship trigged the apparent explosion that destroyed the spacecraft, the company says.