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

"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Previously, scientists believed that most near-Earth asteroids came from beyond the orbit of Mars. However, the possibility that Kamo`oalewa is a fragment of the Moon. The challenge comes in ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

Next four asteroids approaching Earth (Nasa) For comparison, the average distance between the Earth and the moon is about 385,000km (239,000 miles). So far, about 25,000 large asteroids have been ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...

capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's DART (Double Asteroid ...

The country's plans span the moon, near-Earth asteroids, comets, obtaining the first-ever samples from Mars and a mission to the Jupiter system in the next few years, according to top Chinese ...

The tides still rise and fall thanks to our — old — Moon, the Earth still rotates around the Sun, and our days are still 24 hours. However, an asteroid so close to Earth presents an alarming question ...

Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday ... equates to roughly 19.5 times the distance between the moon and the planet, reads a description on the agency's ...