Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...
"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...
A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...
DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...
Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...
2029 Apophis asteroid flyby will be a close encounter with Earth Earth’s gravity may dramatically alter the surface of ...
A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...
The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.
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 ...
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.
We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they hit the ... coming from the moon, Mars or Vesta, which is one of the largest objects in the main asteroid belt.