The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.
Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.
YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.
Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...
While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility ...
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.
SpaceX on Friday morning launched 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...
Even though the odds of crashing into Earth are quite low, if it does bang into the planet, a catastrophe would be unleashed.
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...
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