Numerical simulations already offer valuable insights. Apophis. Discovered in June 2004, the asteroid is approximately 350 meters in diameter and about 27 million tons. For a few weeks ...
NASA and ESA are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially had a higher collision probability with Earth than the Apophis asteroid. New data has since lowered the impact risk to 1.5% ...
The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by ...
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...
From record-breaking to nonthreateningEarly last week, 2024 YR4 briefly broke a record once reached by the asteroid Apophis after it was first spotted in 2004.At its peak threat level, 2024 YR4 ...
Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...
Early last week, 2024 YR4 briefly broke a record once reached by the asteroid Apophis after it was first spotted in 2004. At its peak threat level, 2024 YR4 reached a 3 on the Torino Scale and had ...