An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet’s orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is six days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with ...

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

Jonathan McDowell is retiring from studying the universe. But he’s ramping up efforts to chronicle humanity’s exploration of ...

Now a different group has looked at its orbital past, suggesting a likely place of origin: the middle of the main asteroid ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

After all the space drama, astronomers have figured out what that "city killer" asteroid actually looks like: a flat, ...

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...