Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...
A big asteroid, the size of the Empire State Building, called 2024 WY70 is on a collision course with Earth this weekend.
The asteroid was first discovered last year on August 7, 2024. To rule out 2024 PT5 being space junk, scientists at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) analysed its motion but the the ...
The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...
The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.
Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely ...
This is the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been recorded, the University of Alberta said.