The event in Siberia, caused by asteroid C0WEPC5, highlighted the effectiveness of modern space monitoring in detecting and tracking near-Earth objects.

While asteroids will continue to strike, the impacts are less catastrophic than historical precedents... so far.

Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard somewhere that Earth was going to get a second moon. Well, we can now confirm that Earth now officially has two moons after capturing asteroid 2024 PT5.

But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system.

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 asteroid turned ... it’s one of the largest ones.

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance of 92,100 miles Wednesday evening, bringing it much closer to us than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit. 2024 VX3 is ...

NASA is preparing for a close encounter with a massive asteroid named 99942 Apophis, also known as the “God of Chaos,” set to make its closest pass by Earth today, November 13th. The asteroid, ...

TL;DR: An asteroid was detected only two hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over the Pacific Ocean, bypassing detection systems. A network of four telescopes identified an ...

A recent study led by Ronald-Louis Ballouz from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory suggests that the asteroid 99942 Apophis may experience tremors—similar to earthquakes—due ...

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before impact monitoring systems had registered its trajectory. When you purchase ...