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

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

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

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

This asteroid, which measures between 65 to 147 feet in diameter, will zoom past our planet at a distance of 18 lakh kilometres. Moving at a brisk pace of 22,400 kilometres per hour, its closest ...

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.

Asteroid 887 Alinda has been classed as a Near Earth Asteroid and will be visible with the naked eye from this weekend ...

The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter of 4.2 km, the asteroid's January appearance sees it coming within a ...

Asteroids are rocky objects left over from the early days of our solar system, orbiting the Sun much like planets. While most ...

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 ...

While it is classified as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its proximity to our orbit, Alinda is not on a collision course with our planet. According to the space-watching website Virtual Telescope ...