An object that was incorrectly identified by an amateur astronomer as an asteroid has turned out to be a Tesla Roadster.
The Tesla Roadster, launched by SpaceX in 2018, was mistakenly identified as a near-Earth asteroid, raising concerns over ...
However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...
The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR24 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll need to prepare for the worst ...
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...
The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was found ...
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...