A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
A brand new mysterious 'asteroid' is causing confusion after it was spotted and submitted by an amateur astronomer, before ...
The asteroid is designated 2024 YR4 and was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27 last year. The MPC, part of the International Astronomical Union, maintains an official catalog of ...
Elon Musk’s sense of humor is out of this world. Seven years after the SpaceX CEO launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit, astronomers from the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center ...
Perhaps that's why the Minor Planet Center didn't initially consider the possibility when the organization announced the discovery on Jan. 2 of the unusual asteroid, complete with an official ...
Stargazers will be treated to a rare treat this month when six planets will "align" in the night sky for an eye-catching ...
However the Minor Planet Center (MPC), which officially recognises such space rocks, retracted the findings within a day. The agency confirmed instead that the object in question is a cherry-red ...
The Carnegie Institution for Science and the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has announced the discovery of dwarf planet 2015, the world with an extremely distant aphelion ...
However the Minor Planet Center (MPC), which officially recognises such space rocks, retracted the findings within a day. The agency confirmed instead that the object in question is a cherry-red ...