The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

Get ready to witness a celestial spectacle! On Friday, November 15, 2024, the Beaver Moon will illuminate the night sky as ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.

"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Of the 10% of meteorites without a known source, 6% come from the moon, Mars or Vesta ... simulations revealing how each ...

Previously, scientists believed that most near-Earth asteroids came from beyond the orbit of Mars. However, the possibility that Kamo`oalewa is a fragment of the Moon. The challenge comes in ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...

However, leading expert John S. Lewis estimates that there are around 3,800 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that are more ...

The tides still rise and fall thanks to our — old — Moon, the Earth still rotates around the Sun, and our days are still 24 hours. However, an asteroid so close to Earth presents an alarming question ...