Odds of 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth rise again

2024 YR4: What we know about the asteroid that could hit Earth

Webb ontdekt 138 decameter asteroïden in de hoofdgordel – Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden

Deze asteroïden zijn slechts 10 meter in doorsnede en zijn daarmee de kleinste asteroïden die ooit in de asteroïdengordel zijn waargenomen. Een artist impressie van Webb die in het infrarood een populatie van decameter-asteroïden in de hoofdgordel laat zien. Credit: Ella Maru / Julien de Wit. Ontdekkingen van asteroïden zijn essentieel voor planetaire verdedigingssystemen die…

An Asteroid Found Sharing the Orbit of Mars

Astronomers have found another Mars trojan asteroid. It's the fourteenth one, and only the second one at L4.

Planetary Defence: DART Impact Changed both Orbit and Shape of asteroid 

In the last 500 million years, there have been at least five episodes of mass extinctions of life-forms on the Earth when more than three-quarters of the existi

Fragments From That Asteroid That Exploded Above Berlin Have Been Recovered and They're Really Special

On January 21st, 2024, a meter-sized asteroid (2024 BX1) entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded over Berlin at 12:33 am UTC (07:45 pm EST; 04:33 pm PST). Before it reached Earth, 2024 BX1 was a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) with an orbit that suggests it was part of the Apollo group. The fragments have since been located … Continue reading "Fragments From That Asteroid That Exploded Above Berlin Have Been Recovered and They're Really Special"

near-Earth asteroid 2024 BJ to make closest approach to Earth  

On 27 January 2024, an airplane-sized, near-Earth asteroid 2024 BJ will pass Earth at a closest distance of 354,000 Km.  It will come as close