On March 11, 1998, asteroid astronomers around the world received an ominous message: new observational…
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Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets with orbits that bring them close to Earth’s orbit, making them potential candidates for collisions with our planet. These objects, ranging in size from small meteoroids to larger bodies several kilometers wide, are of significant interest to both scientists and space agencies due to the potential threat they pose to Earth. Studying NEOs helps researchers understand the composition and behavior of these space rocks, as well as the history of our solar system. Monitoring and tracking NEOs is a crucial part of planetary defense efforts aimed at detecting and potentially mitigating the risk of hazardous impacts.
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of…
Two small asteroids recently discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near…
Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on February 4, 2018 at…
After several months of downtime after Hurricane Maria blew through, the Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar…
An international team of astronomers successfully completed the first global exercise using a real asteroid…
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on September 1, 2017,…
Discovered nearly three years ago, the relatively large near-Earth asteroid 2014 JO25 is set to…
Asteroid 2013 TX68 (which flew past Earth at a comfortable distance of about 1.3 million…
Astronomers captured new highest-resolution radar images of asteroid 2015 TB145 when it flew by Earth…
Just in time for Halloween, a large space rock that bears an eerie resemblance to…
In a new study, scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveal that between about…