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The mission will carry out several tasks in a single launch, including a flyby of asteroid 2016 HO3, sample collection, return and main-belt comet 311P flyby exploration. The launch facility is ...

Nasa is monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, the asteroid could impact a major city, endangering millions.

NASA has alerted the public about asteroid 2025 CA2, measuring 67 feet and traveling at 16,490 mph, expected to pass Earth on February 18, 2025. Although it will fly by without the risk of ...

NASA has upgraded the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 3.1 per cent, or about a 1-in-32 chance, the highest odds yet of collision. Astronomers discovered that the asteroid was ...

The full journey of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx: from launch to the return of asteroid sample NASA Perseverance rover collects first Mars rock sample Mining rocks in orbit could aid space missions In recent ...

Japan in 1945. Earlier this week, the European Space Agency noted that 2024 YR4 surpassed the 2.7 percent chance of impact associated with the much larger asteroid, dubbed Apophis, back in 2004 ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

The probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in the near future has leapt from having a near-zero chance of occurring to having roughly a 3 percent chance. While that may not seem like a ...