(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

The celestial near-Earth object, known as 2024 PT5, measures about 33 feet (10 meters) wide; however, it’s not in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades due to its ...

A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...

Its characteristics led scientists to ask: is it a chip off the old lunar block, making a pass by Earth for a visit? The object is known as Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2024 PT5 (or PT5, for short ...

This is not the first time that human-made objects have been mistaken for near-Earth asteroids. The MPC has temporarily listed a number of spacecraft as space rocks over the last two decades ...

This is not the first time that human-made objects have been mistaken for near-Earth asteroids. The MPC has temporarily listed a number of spacecraft as space rocks over the last two decades — ...

While it poses no direct threat, such Near-Earth Objects are closely monitored for future potential risks. Asteroids were once remnants of the early solar system; they are still attracting our ...

The system includes four telescopes around the world that hunt near-Earth objects, and its telescope in Chile was the one to make the find. It wasn't until a few days later that the object caught ...

"The majority of near-Earth objects have orbits that don't bring them very close to Earth, and therefore pose no risk of impact, but a small fraction of them – called potentially hazardous ...

“There’s a 98.4 percent chance, as of today, that it will go to zero,” Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said Friday ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...