YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

Hello, Antarctica. Unlike previously anticipated, from 460 km above, it is only pure white, no human activity is visible.” ...

The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope in Chile.

Real-life asteroids don’t come hurtling toward Earth from the outer reaches of space the way they do in the movies. They tend to orbit elliptical paths around the sun, passing within sight of ...

Considering how quickly things in Earth orbit tend to zip around, a fragment of a spacecraft crashing into a satellite could greatly hinder that satellite; two satellites colliding could be ...

SpaceX successfully launched Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space ...

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

taking in an exponentially broader view of the field around Earth’s orbit than existing telescopes do. The more images it captures of a potentially hazardous object, the more accurately astronomers ...