On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

We’ll be able to follow the asteroid as it recedes from Earth for another couple of months, by which time we’ll have a better idea of exactly where it will be on that fateful day in December 2032 ...

By Dylan Loeb McClain Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet ...

Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images Two astronauts whose eight-day visit to the International Space Station turned into a more than eight-month layover are expected to return to Earth in March.

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace snapped a stunning image of the Earth as it prepares for its journey to the moon.

31 and Feb. 1, remember that space weather is unpredictable and difficult to forecast, much like Earth's weather. Even though geomagnetic storm warnings at this level are not uncommon, they can ...

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This can be done easily using Google Earth. Record your observations about how the EPA ground measurements match the satellite image. Do areas with poor air quality (yellow, orange or red dots) ...

Jan. 29, 2025 — Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known ...