The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

A NASA 'Eyes on Asteroid' visualization of asteroid 612356 (2002 JX8). (NASA via SWNS) By Dean Murray A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today (May 9). Scientists say the "potentially ...

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...

Tucson, AZ/Logan UT – August 5, 2024 – Ascending Node Technologies (ANT), the leading developer of collaborative mission management solutions, today announced the commercial availability of its ...

It looks like the mini-moon asteroid 2024 PT5 hails from our true moon and, thus, from Earth! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

But don't expect to see what is being described as a second "mini-moon". Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered on August 7 by the NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) will be drawn in ...

Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024. A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn’t correspond to any of ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today (May 9). Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space rock - named 612356 (2002 JX8) - will pass around 2.6 million miles away from our ...