The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.

Political and military leaders in Europe are fleshing out details of a plan for European forces to help ensure Moscow does ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is continuing to burn bridges with the international space community following a spat with a former ...

NASA and ESA confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 poses nearly zero threat to Earth in 2032, with new observations reducing its risk assessment significantly.

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to observe the asteroid in March and May 2025 under the director’s discretionary ...

Supported by the European Space Agency’s “ InCubed ” project - a public-private partnership aimed at industrial innovation - ...

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Composite materials are at the heart of innovations in satellites, propulsion systems and lunar exploration vehicles.

The outlook for a newly discovered asteroid’s potential impact with Earth is shifting, and scientists say there’s a reason ...

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...

To shield astronauts from dangerous space radiation, researchers are developing 3D-printed hydrogels—materials that absorb ...

Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.