"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

At the moment, we don’t know the exact size of 2024 YR4, or even if it's a rubble pile asteroid too – but hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could potentially generate a ...

However, hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could create a cloud of debris that might still head toward Earth. 'Nobody wants to accidentally "disrupt" an asteroid because ...

Nasa will be monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 which has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032. "The first is that asteroids like Dimorphos, and smaller, tend to be rubble piles: not solid single ...

However, many asteroids are known to be rubble piles, essentially collections of rocks held together loosely by gravity, such as the asteroid Bennu that was visited by NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft.

Soon, the asteroid will be too dim even for the largest ... Does it have a lot of metallic content? Is it a rubble pile? Is it a solid, monolithic object?" NASA's Fast wonders aloud.

Soon, the asteroid will be too dim even for the largest ... Does it have a lot of metallic content? Is it a rubble pile? Is it a solid, monolithic object?" NASA's Fast wonders aloud.

At the moment, we don’t know the exact size of 2024 YR4, or even if it's a rubble pile asteroid too – but hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could potentially generate a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, as observed by the Magdalena ... He noted that many asteroids are loose rubble piles of sand, dirt and boulders tethered tenuously together by gravity. When hit, they could ...