An asteroid the size of a cruise ship will come closer to Earth than some satellites. A new mission could race to rendezvous with it

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When an asteroid the size of a cruise ship comes within 20,000 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft … Read more

An asteroid the size of a cruise ship will come closer to Earth than some satellites. A new mission could race to rendezvous with it

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When an asteroid the size of a cruise ship comes within 20,000 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft … Read more

Several notable space missions are planned for 2024

The SpaceX “Starship” will launch on November 18 on its second test flight from Orbital Launch Pad 1 at the company’s Starbase Facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI Dec. 29 (UPI) — The year 2023 proved to be a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample of … Read more