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

When it comes to space exploration, “I would think that this next [Trump] Administration is going to be a continuation of the ...

As the dawn of a new space age unfolds, investors have increasingly turned their gaze skyward. The universe is not just a ...

Astrologer Alexandria Lettman reveals what the stars have in store for every zodiac sign's horoscope on Wednesday, November ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency's Hera craft, en route to an asteroid, recently captured footage of our planet and the moon, set ...

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

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942 ... kilometers), about one-twelfth the distance from the Earth to the moon.

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 ...

Some asteroids are substantial enough to possess their own moons. In 1993, the Galileo spacecraft made the groundbreaking discovery of the first asteroid moon. The S-type asteroid Ida has a moon ...