The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.

L ike many of us, Earth bears old pockmarks. Our planet’s crust has a band of ancient craters that formed around 465 million ...

The largest asteroid of the incoming quartet ... Fortunately, scientists are able to use these “near misses” to capture radar images of the asteroids, potentially gleaning insight into ...

Nasa's Near-Earth Object Studies Center has been closely observing Asteroid Apophis for nearly two decades. Scientists ...

Apophis, officially designated 99942 Apophis, is a near-Earth asteroid that has captured global attention ... Currently, ...

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

Data from the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu place a ceiling on the strength of a hypothetical fifth force that could explain dark matter’s origins.

A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time.

and it goes into detail on how the Kamo`oalewa could have become a near-Earth asteroid after being ejected from the Moon’s surface. Don’t Miss: Earth’s ‘fake moon’ has been here for ...

Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

Hiding somewhere in the gloom of space, there is a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with our planet. If we don’t spot it and somehow thwart its arrival, it will pierce Earth’s ...