The SPHEREx Observatory is shown after having completed standalone operations in the West High Bay at Astrotech Space ...
Scientists aim to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe using NASA's newest space telescope, ...
NASA will load a piece of precious cargo worth half a billion dollars onto a Falcon 9 rocket, which will inject it into low Earth orbit (LEO). That cargo is SPHEREx—short for Spectro-Photometer for ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
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.
The latest data has further diminished the uncertainty surrounding the asteroid's path, moving its possible locations on ...
An asteroid, whichemerged the most threatening celestial body in forecasting history, no longer poses a significant threat to ...
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.
Initially, when the space rock was discovered, astronomers noted a small but notable chance of collision in 2032 ...
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...