When asteroid 99942 Apophis was first discovered in 2004, it caused concern because it could potentially collide with Earth.

A TREASURE hunter was on cloud nine when he realised the grubby piece of rock he thought was gold turned out to be far more ...

While it is expected that the second moon will shoot out on the day of Thanksgiving, it is expected that it will not be ...

Asteroid 2022 WJ1 was just 20 inches wide, the smallest measured. It exploded in a green fireball visible across Ontario and ...

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

NASA has identified an asteroid rich in valuable metals like gold and platinum. Named 16 Psyche, has enough resources to make ...

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth back in 2020, and since then, teams of ...

Psyche was discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid after Psyche, the ...

An asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ...

Astronomers have taken a farewell photo of the asteroid 2024 PT5, which has been hovering in the outskirts of our orbit for ...

Earth has a temporary, tiny companion. While not quite a "mini moon," since it will never be captured by Earth's gravity, ...