It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

YR4, initially raising impact concerns, is confirmed safe for Earth after precise observations by the Subaru Telescope. Early ...

The agency is encouraging astronomy clubs to throw “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae and galaxies spotted by ...

China prepares for the worst: asteroid 2024 YR4 approaches Earth News ... does heaven really exist? In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope supposedly captured an image that corresponded, according ...

which hit the asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, 2022, marking the first practical demonstration of planetary defense. The impact, observed through ground and space-based telescopes as Hubble ...

Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid. ESA-Science Office It seems that Earth isn’t likely to be struck by ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...

The asteroid 2024 YR 4 has very little chance of ... However, past discrepancies between predictions of the comet 67P, as seen by the Hubble telescope from far away, versus its actual shape ...