A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and ...
Typically, astronomers identify comets by their distinct atmospheres, or comae, and their tails, which are created as the sun ...
On April 13, 2029, an extraordinary event will take place: the asteroid (99942) Apophis will skim past Earth at a distance of ...
A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe ...
What does it take to catch up with a small, tumbling rock hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth? For China's Tianwen ...
Nearly 400 days and a billion kilometers after leaving Earth, China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has arrived at its target: the ...
An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t in any imminent danger, but the cosmic debris will still come close enough ...
Giant asteroid 1997 NC1, possibly up to a mile wide, will safely pass Earth this weekend, with live online streams on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27.
If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...