A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

These five locales allow for stable orbits due to the competing gravitational forces of Earth and the sun. This one lives at what is called the L4 point. The only other Trojan asteroid seen around ...

for the first Trojan asteroid encounter in 2027. During the gravity assist, the Lucy spacecraft, from Earth's perspective, will approach from the direction of the sun. This means that observers on ...

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

Asteroid (887) Alinda came closest to our planet on Wednesday, January 8, being the closest to Earth in decades and the last until 62 years from now (2087). Despite reaching its closest moment and ...

This asteroid is a quasi-satellite of Earth, meaning it orbits the Sun but stays close to ... NASA's Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter ...

Santa Claus isn’t the only thing making a fly-by of Earth this week. NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building will be whizzing right past us tonight. Dubbed 2024 XN1 ...

A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its spectacle isn’t over yet. The asteroid, named (887) Alinda, will reach ...

A “lost asteroid” that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 2007 has some scientists worried about the potential of an Earth-bound collision this year, reports indicate.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitors asteroid 2022 CE2, expected to safely pass Earth on January 16, 2025. The 370-foot-wide asteroid will come within 2,640,000 miles, over 16 times the ...

A mountain-sized asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in a "once in a decade" event. The massive space rock zoomed past Earth earlier this month, but it is not out of view just yet and ...

This asteroid is a quasi-satellite of Earth, meaning it orbits the Sun but ... will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun ...