When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per ...
California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch ...
Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...
Scientists have issued a chilling warning regarding the city-killier asteroid, 2024 YR4, currently racing toward the moon, ...
Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.
Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
TransAstra has designed and tested the Capture Bag - an inflatable device available in various sizes, capable of capturing ...
In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...
The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.