An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Here’s why experts say do not panic.
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
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Watch The Largest Communications Array Deployed Yet In Low-Earth Orbit
The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit ...
Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today, NASA Reports
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida: What time is liftoff? Where to watch it
Depending on weather and clouds, rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral can be seen from Daytona Beach ...
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The Unlikely Story Behind Mauritius’ First Satellite and the DIY Engineer Who Made It Happen
An anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about ...
NASA chooses SpaceX launch site in Texas for Pandora mission launch
NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its ...
SpaceX rocket launches Tuesday on 14th mission thus far this year from Cape Canaveral, Florida
After launch, the SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster settled down for landing on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions ...
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
SpaceX launch lights up Arizona skies. Here's how you can see the next launch
A SpaceX launch from California on Monday night was visible in metro Phoenix. Here's what the rocket was carrying and how to ...
China launches new rocket designed to carry more satellites
A new Chinese carrier rocket designed to send up bigger batches of satellites in one launch made its first flight on Tuesday, boosting Beijing's strategy of countering U.S. billionaire Elon Musk's ...
WATCH: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX will be launching 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday afternoon. Lift-off is targeted for 1:53 p.m., with backup opportunities until 3:43 p.m.