NASA is closely monitoring a massive asteroid named 447755 (2007 JX2), which is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday. Scientists ...

What if the largest asteroid hit Earth? The catastrophic impact would obliterate life as we know it. Get ready for the most ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

Lowell Observatory astronomer and asteroid expert Nick Moskovitz said we know little about this asteroid coming by so close ...

Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about a mission to Psyche, the largest ...

The Ramses mission will rendezvous with Apophis in February 2029, two months before its closest approach to Earth on Friday, ...

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on ...

The Ordovician Period is known for experiencing a large number of impact events, which previous studies have pinned on the ...

A BUS-SIZED “mini moon” is in the final days of its trip to Earth’s skies – and will soon vanish until 2055. The holidaying ...

Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a large asteroid wandered dangerously close to the Red Planet.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned asteroid samples, enabling a vast observation campaign that provided new insights into ...