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Asteroid 2024 YR4: The 3% Risk That Has NASA Watching—What You Need to Know About 2032's Potential Impact

Upon its discovery, automated asteroid warning systems calculated a 3.1% chance of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22nd December 2032

International Business Times UK

Moon Or Mars? NASA's Future At A Crossroads Under Trump

Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars?

International Business Times

Musk says his ‘mind is a storm’ as he waves chainsaw on stage in bizarre CPAC appearance

The bejeweled power tool was a gift from Trump ally Javier Milei, the Argentinian president who has often wielded a chainsaw around in public

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NASA Avoids Sweeping Layoffs, Saves Hundreds Of Jobs

NASA avoids layoffs by implementing performance-based job reductions for probationary employees, ensuring workforce efficiency and talent retention.

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The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'

The International Space Station "has served its purpose" and should be deorbited "as soon as possible," SpaceX chief and close Trump adviser Elon Musk said today (Feb. 20).

Space

Space fight! Elon Musk and famed astronaut trade online insults over ‘stuck’ crew

The astronauts themselves have repeatedly pushed back on the narrative that they are ‘stranded’ or have been left in space

The Independent UK

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from an ancient Red Planet lake (images)

Rippled textures in a shallow lake bed on Mars indicate that ice-free liquid water once pooled here.

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Elon Musk Says It's Time To Start Preparations For 'Deorbiting' The International Space Station: 'It Has Served Its Purpose'

Elon Musk calls for the deorbiting of the International Space Station, stating it has "served its purpose" as astronauts are left adrift for over 250 days.

Latin Times

Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers

While their boss takes a sledgehammer to federal agencies, SpaceX and Tesla are earning big money from government contracts, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard.

Space

NASA just changed the odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 yet again

NASA increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday, but they're now back down to 1 in 67, or 1.5%.

LiveScience

NASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360

Breathe a sigh of relief! NASA has dropped the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 360, just days after it became the highest-risk asteroid since records began.

Space

Musk and Trump repeat false 'stranded' Starliner astronauts narrative, but they are not stranded

Elon Musk and President Trump continue to advance the narrative that NASA astronauts from Boeing's Starliner mission were "abandoned" in space.

Space

NASA updates its percentage risk of asteroid hitting Earth

Space rock 2024 YR4 now has a 1.5 per cent chance of colliding with Earth

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Evening Standard

Risk of asteroid hitting Earth reduces from highest-ever impact probability

Nasa said 2024 YR4 now has a 1.5% chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, down from 3.1%.

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NASA Plans To Defend Earth From Potential Asteroid Impact

NASA reports decreased chances of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth. International space agencies are preparing for potential impact.

Space

Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'

NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, as early as 2027.

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Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays

Gamma rays detected by NASA's Fermi spacecraft indicate that microquasars are powered by small black holes slowly devouring stars. They pack quite a punch, bombarding Earth with cosmic rays.

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Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce

After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.

Latin Times

Trump and Musk Again Falsely State NASA Astronauts Were 'Left in Space' for 'Political Reasons' Days After Crew Refutes Claim

President Trump and Elon Musk are perpetuating their false claim that the Biden administration intentionally left two NASA astronauts in space.

International Business Times

Do Look Up: How Earth Can Defend Itself Against Asteroid

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years.

The Independent UK

NASA employees spared as White House reverses layoffs decision at the last minute, report says

About 1,000 probationary employees avoided dismissal after the Trump administration's U-turn

Space

Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander lowered its orbit around the moon Tuesday (Feb. 18), sending back gorgeous footage from just over the lunar surface.

International Business Times

NASA Says Odds Of Devastating Asteroid Striking Earth In 2032 Now Greater Than Winning A Game Of Roulette

NASA has updated the odds of a devastating asteroid striking Earth, saying it is now greater than the odds of winning a game of roulette.

The Independent UK

Musk claims Nasa astronauts are stuck in space because of Biden

Elon Musk claimed two Nasa astronauts currently stuck in space had been left there by Joe Biden's administration “for political purposes" during a joint interview with Donald Trump conducted by Sean Hannity broadcast on Fox News on Tuesday (18 February).

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