The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

New research reveals that 70% of meteorites that strike Earth originate from three young asteroid families in the main ...

The majority of these asteroids are located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... there are around 3,800 near ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

The year 2024 witnessed 4 supermoons, out of which October's Hunter moon was the most spectacular, appearing larger and ...

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

Last month, an asteroid ... with Earth. Two hours later, the asteroid burned up over the Pacific Ocean near California, making it an "imminent impactor." The small amount of time between detection ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...