Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

A Falcon 9 launched a European satellite July 1 with a dual mission to collect weather data and monitor atmospheric pollution ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched an advanced European weather satellite and aced its landing on a ship at sea. The ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

ESA has found a way to make its own solar eclipses more or less on demand and all it took was a pair of robotic spacecraft ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

These are the words of the Hera Space Companion, powered by Azure OpenAI Service. It’s an interactive tool that makes it possible to converse with a space vehicle millions of miles from Earth, check ...

Parmitano describes the difference between being in the ISS and on a spacewalk as the difference between experiencing a ...

Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact ...

NASA and ESA scientists are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which is now projected to have a small chance of impacting the Moon ...

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...