After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There's no real risk to the planet in seven years or afterward, according to the ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

China on Thursday (May 29) embarked on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, a robotic probe that could make the ...

The types of pollen and the quantities of pollen grains found at a site help researchers reconstruct ancient forests, track sea-level changes and identify the fingerprints of significant events, such ...

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The fly-by is perfectly timed to coincide with International Asteroid Day on June 30 ... a step towards" preparing the world for a potential event in the future, such as the one believed to ...

International Asteroid Day, observed on June 30, commemorates the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, where an asteroid explosion flattened 830 square miles of forest. Established by the UN in 2016 ...

June 30 marks Asteroid Day, a holiday observed annually to reflect on the prospect of a planet-destroying space rock striking Earth and what scientists are doing to mitigate that risk. The day is ...

Asteroid Day on Sunday commemorates an even bigger impact, the 1908 Tunguska event, which also took place above Siberia. In that event, the Russian newspaper Sibir (Siberia) reported that peasants ...

This year, in honor of Asteroid Day, the Asteroid Foundation will host a two-day event in Luxembourg featuring lectures, space-themed workshops, and family activities on Friday and Saturday.