Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...
Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...
Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and ...
New observations reveal that the asteroid 1998 KY26 is much smaller and spinning much faster than originally thought.
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...
In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to ...
Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...
The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...
With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere ...
Asteroid 2025 FA22, measuring up to 951 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth early Thursday according to NASA ...
NASA has issued an alert about an impending asteroid, one as large as a skyscraper, that is on a trajectory towards our ...