Asteroid 2026 RW1 impacts Earth over Indian Ocean about 7 hours after discovery, becomes 13th known asteroid detected before impact
Asteroid 2026 RW1 struck Earth over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia on September 6, just over 7…
China’s Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon and Prepares to Grab a Sample
China’s Tianwen-2 probe has reached Kamoʻoalewa, one of seven known quasi-satellites that orbit near Earth. Scientists suspect the…
Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth
PADUA, Italy — A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Debris Could Crash Into The Moon In August, Scientist Predicts
A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the Moon on…
How we track and stop dangerous asteroids before they reach the Earth
On February 15, 2013, the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, witnessed something terrifying. A six-story-tall asteroid weighing nearly 10,000…
Hayabusa2’s 2031 Landing Plan Faces an Unexpected Asteroid Nightmare
On December 6, 2020, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped off pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback,…