AstronomyApril 3, 2025
JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 is a building-sized space rock
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Brett Tingley is a science and technology journalist and managing editor of Space.com. He is curious about emerging aerospace technologies, alternative launch concepts, military space developments and uncrewed aircraft systems. Brett's work has appeared on Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery and more. Brett has English degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett enjoys skywatching throughout the dark skies of the Appalachian mountains.
Planetary ScienceNovember 8, 2023
‘Dinky’ Asteroid Is Three Space Rocks, Not Two, NASA Flyby Finds
The Lucy spacecraft’s encounter with asteroid Dinkinesh has revealed a bizarre “contact binary” double-moon companion
Space ExplorationJuly 27, 2022
Russia Plans to Leave the International Space Station after 2024
The announcement comes as NASA and Roscosmos are laying plans to transition to other orbital habitats