"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all. In the next five ...

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In this paper, regarding the asteroid powered de-scent scenario, the asteroid gravity PINN model and the successive convexification method are adopted to solve the fuel-consumption minimal 6-DoF ...

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Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

Earth will have a close shave with two asteroids - Apophis and Asteroid YR4 2024. In 2029, 99942 Apophis will fly by at an eerily close distance and will be visible even to the naked eye. In 2032, YR4 ...

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The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.