NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking the asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will approach Earth on Sunday, 26th ...

On January 26, 2025, an asteroid called 2024 YY5 will fly by Earth, which has sparked interest in the scientific and space ...

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed the approach of three asteroids near Earth on 13 January.

Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually ...

Another approach would deploy a "gravity tractor" spacecraft to fly alongside the threatening object, using its gravitational pull to alter the asteroid's trajectory. "If Alinda ever did smack into ...

An asteroid larger than Manhattan is flying close by Earth. The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter of 4.2 km ...

An asteroid larger than Manhattan is flying close by Earth. The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be ...

A NASA visualization of asteroid (887) Alinda. (Eyes on Asteroids/NASA via SWNS) By Dean Murray An asteroid larger than Manhattan is flying close by Earth. The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is ...