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A11pI3Z is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered, and astronomers can’t say yet whether it is a comet or a ...
Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...
"The United Nations declaration of June 30 as Asteroid Day is a very important milestone for us," Asteroid Day co-founder ...
Could New York face an asteroid threat in our lifetime? Scientists explain potential impact scenarios, emergency preparedness ...
The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...
I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...
A new study published on arXiv suggests a potentially catastrophic scenario for Earth’s satellites and space infrastructure ...
When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In late 2024, astronomers spotted a new asteroid named 2024 YR4.
RSCC - Ted Stryk, Roane State Associate Professor of Philosophy and English, had an asteroid named in his honor upon ...