In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...

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

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

At the latest count there were more or less 1.5 million asteroids and minor planets which have been identified, named and numbered in our solar system. The vast majority can be found in the ...

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

Feb. 8, 2025 Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the Earth in just ... land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen ...

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is the main habitation of most asteroids, but gravitational capture by other objects can change their orbits, deflecting them onto crossing paths with the ...

Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...

Scientists say that a newly discovered space-rock has a chance of colliding with our planet in less than 10 years ...

A near-Earth asteroid is a celestial object whose orbit crosses Earth's, placing it at a potentially dangerous distance from our planet. These asteroids, often originating from the main belt between ...

On Earth, these minerals are a catalyst for ... Saturn's moon Enceladus and the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Both Enceladus and Ceres have subsurface brine ...