YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

An asteroid's impact probability is expected to fluctuate as ... which would make a huge difference in our capability to ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

Asteroid impact was first identified by the ... the Philae probe on a comet last November – none of the asteroid mitigation techniques has been tested. However, Nasa hopes to demonstrate the ...

The cosmos has always fascinated humanity with its vast mysterious expanse holding both beauty and potential danger. Among ...

“The tricky thing here,” she says, “is that the size of the object combined with the short warning time make determining the mitigation method complicated. If the asteroid is ...

For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its impact probability climbing to a record-breaking 3%, astronomers scrambled to refine its ...

a global conglomerate of space agencies called the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group will now work together to closely assess the asteroid and possible mitigation techniques if the risk ...

China's response also involved strategic research into asteroid mitigation techniques. Proposed methods included gravitational attraction and laser ablation to alter the asteroid's path ...