YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at the moon and is now orbiting Earth's nearest neighbor as it prepares to make its landing next month. And it's capturing some amazing photos on its journey ...
Aiming to be just the second ever commercial soft landing on the moon, the Blue Ghost mission has arrived in lunar orbit - and captured some incredible views.
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
New observations from Solar Orbiter confirm tiny plasma jets play a key role in both fast and slow solar wind.
An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.
The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole" according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter ...
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...