Asteroids might seem like peaceful drifters suspended in space, but they’re really disturbed, spinning and tumbling in ...
By combining Gaia’s massive asteroid dataset with AI modeling, scientists discovered that asteroid rotation depends on how ...
In the vast expanse of space, an estimated one million Near Earth Objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are constantly orbiting close to our planet. Every night, astronomers track NEOs ...
NASA confirms four near-Earth asteroids will pass Earth safely, measuring from bus to house-sized, with no impact risk on 5th ...
These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day ...
Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be ...
Researchers at the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) have discovered a population of asteroids that could pose a very serious threat to Earth.
Event: Small asteroid 2023 CX1 lost 98% of kinetic energy in a fraction of a second when it entered Earth's atmosphere on ...
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Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...