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SAASST celebrates International Asteroid Day
The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah (UoS) celebrated International Asteroid Day, a global event held annually on June 30 to raise ...
Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...
Doha: The world will celebrate on Monday the International Asteroid Day, observed annually on June 30. This day aims to raise public awareness of ...
An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First discovered in 1999, Bennu, the near-Earth asteroid, could possibly drift into the ...
A colossal asteroid, once feared to be on a collision course with Earth, is now predicted to potentially strike the moon, ...
NASA and ESA scientists are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which is now projected to have a small chance of impacting the Moon ...
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...
Only one of the known Venus co-orbital asteroids follows a nearly circular orbit; the others move on more elongated paths ...
As Asteroid Day marks its 10th anniversary, U.S. Senators Kelly and Cornyn introduce a resolution to establish National Asteroid Day.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032, according to experts from NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN).. In an IAWN ...