NASA revealed that 'Asteroid 99942 Apophis' is a near-Earth object (NEO) which is likely to be about 335 meters across. It is ...

An asteroid hit Earth hours after it was detected, evading NASA's early warning system, in the third close call of its kind ...

In a remarkable demonstration of both the unpredictability of space and the extraordinary capabilities of modern astronomical detection, a small asteroid, designated 2024 UQ, recently made headlines ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet ...

Not to be confused with the theme park attraction Disney's Hollywood Studios. Eisner, Disney's then-chief, intended Hollywood Pictures to be a full-fledged studio, like Touchstone, but in its later ...

The spacecraft took several photos of the asteroid and used an instrument called the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer to study its chemical composition and other physical properties. Galileo ...

Pieces of the asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, are being studied at Brown as part of an effort to better understand the solar system’s early history and the origins of materials ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. 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 ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is buzzing with excitement as it tracks a 500-foot asteroid, set to make a close pass by Earth on 28 October 2024. While its size may raise eyebrows, experts have ...