For 24 Glorious Hours, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Was More Than Just A Stupid Gimmick
An amature astronomer spotted a near Earth object and alerted authorities only to realize it was Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster ...
CNN24 天
The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983% chance that the asteroid will safely zip by Earth in seven years, according to NASA. The agency also shared that the new ...
National Geographic news21 天
This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
Up until August 2024, the WISE spacecraft was one such observatory. The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years ...
CNN29 天
An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...
Nature28 天
Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
The latest calculations indicate that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is much less likely to hit Earth than earlier measurements had suggested. Late on 19 February, telescopic observations of the ...
Gizmodo29 天
NASA Makes Big Update to Asteroid Potentially on Collision Course With Earth in 2032
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero ...
CBS News28 天
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as Webb telescope is tasked with studying ...
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...