Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

After Apophis and 2024 YR4, a third asteroid is now threatening to hit Earth. It is on the ESA's list of the Top five hazardous objects. Science & Tech Trending ...

Asteroid 2025 HY2, an Apollo-class asteroid, will pass Earth on May 7, 2025, at a speed of 48,904 km/h. Though passing at a ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden ...

A recent paper published in Nature and Nature Astronomy finding life's building blocks on a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.

Last year in August, the number of moons orbiting Earth temporarily doubled, admittedly from the low starting point of "one", ...

Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially dangerous asteroids and meteors have only seriously materialized in the ...

Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new ...