"But thankfully, this was no asteroid." As objects move through the sky against the background of stars, different ...
2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Astronomers have spotted a large asteroid destined to whizz unusually ...
But the close call is worrisome nonetheless, since astronomers had no idea the asteroid existed until after it passed by. “The asteroid approached undetected from the direction of the sun ...
A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its ...
NASA stated that 2024 AV2 poses no hazard to Earth despite its close encounter. Friction would likely force an asteroid of this size to split apart if it were to ever enter Earth's atmosphere ...
massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...