Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent impact monitoring systems during its approach to our planet. However ...

A bus-sized asteroid is due to zip past our planet today ... We do not assess these long-term, many-century possibilities of impact," Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object ...

Asteroid 2022 WJ1 made first and final contact with our planet on November 19, 2022. It is now estimated to be an S-chondrite ...

Earth’s long history has seen an uncountable number of species come and go – but one of the most famous extinction events we ...

Scientists suspect it may be a boulder that was blasted off the moon during an asteroid impact. The Earth is severing ties this week from a space object that’s become known as a "mini moon." ...

At the time of its discovery, Apophis was considered the potentially "most dangerous" asteroid for Earth due to a possible impact that could kill millions of people. However, additional research ...

However, he adds that a single observation during 2027 would be necessary to determine whether the asteroid threatened “an impending Earth impact.” “The deflection of Apophis by a small ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5. A temporary mini-moon snared by Earth's gravity for nearly two months before ...