Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...

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

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

They appear to have been formed by 10 or more related space rocks including the comet 2P/Encke. One hypothesis is that Comet ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis.

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...

The asteroid burst into a fireball that lit the skies at 3:54 a.m. PT on October 22, 2024. Scientists estimated that the energy released by the asteroid upon impact with the atmosphere would be ...

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The first asteroid, 2024 TB2, measures about 110 feet, roughly the size of a small airplane. It will safely pass Earth at a distance of approximately 731,000 miles on October 26, 2024. Despite being ...