Follow-up observations from the Gemini-North telescope on Hawaii Island and the Very Large Telescope in Chile returned ...

On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...

Lone Star cranks up the tension with an impending asteroid impact, promising the most devastating rescue scenario since the ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

An unusual looking 33-foot-long object discovered orbiting Earth last year may have come from a surprising place.

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

You are likely familiar with fossils like this one, giant t-rex skeletons displayed in museums. However, that species was one of the last to live on planet Earth before the asteroid impact with ...

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

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

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

It got within 140 million km on 14 January, but as it heads off again into the void of space, the southern hemisphere is best placed to see it. Australian National University astrophysicist Dr Brad ...