A small near-Earth object captured the world's attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to our planet. The object never orbited Earth but it stayed close for ...
space telescope resting in the airtight, climate-controlled clean-room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight ... for her will help unravel the stubborn mystery surrounding it. Probing the secrets ...
Astronomers have identified mysterious icy objects in the outer Milky Way, raising questions about their nature. These structures, composed of ice and gas, are located in a region where star ...
A question many have asked is about the trajectory of such a truly intergalactic object. The genesis of CWISE J1249 story starts in a Nasa citizen science initiative called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9.
Studies on asteroid Bennu's chemical building blocks deepens the mystery. Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / iStock / Getty Images illustration When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid ...
On January 2, astronomers identified an object as asteroid 2018 CN41, but it was later confirmed to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, launched into space in 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The ...
The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...