"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." It might not look like much in this image, but this is the ...
Up until August 2024, the WISE spacecraft was one such observatory. The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years ...
Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...
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 ...