YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

But more recently, the car spawned a high-profile case of mistaken identity as space observers mistook it for an asteroid ... Objects traversing our solar system have been misidentified several ...

NASA’s PUNCH mission, set for launch on Feb 27, will deploy four satellites to study the transition between the sun’s corona and the solar wind ... 206893 B using high-resolution spectroscopy.

But more recently, the car spawned a high-profile case of mistaken identity as space observers mistook it for an asteroid ... Objects traversing our solar system have been misidentified several ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Scientists say it currently carries a 2% risk of making contact with Earth when it eventually reaches this part of the solar system on Dec. 22, 2032. Although the asteroid will most likely pass by ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Alas, the miracle could not last. The solar storms were heating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing it to inflate and increase ...

15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System ... within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach ...

Telescopes will refine the asteroid's orbit around the solar system over the coming months ... area — like a catcher's mitt awaiting a high-speed baseball — its relative odds of getting ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with Earth, according to the United States Geological Survey. Small asteroids ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding ... remnants from the early formation of our solar system some 4.6 billion years ...