The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

NASA warns about asteroid 2025 BK, a giant 160-ft space rock speeding towards Earth at 37,583 kilometres per hour.

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was ...

On January 26, 2025, an asteroid called 2024 YY5 will fly by Earth, which has sparked interest in the scientific and space ...

A big asteroid, the size of the Empire State Building, called 2024 WY70 is on a collision course with Earth this weekend.

Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

Asteroid tracking plays a crucial role in understanding and mitigating potential threats. NASA, along with ground-based ...