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 ...

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 ...

2029 Apophis asteroid flyby will be a close encounter with Earth Earth’s gravity may dramatically alter the surface of ...

While the origins of these asteroids aren’t completely known, scientists believe at least one may have come from the Moon. The asteroid known as Kamo`oalewa is believed to be a fragment of the ...

This asteroid is due to zoom past the Earth on October 28, passing us at a distance of about 148,000 miles, which is closer to our planet than the moon. This may sound like an immense distance ...

"But thankfully, this was no asteroid." As objects move through the sky against the background of stars ... is flying by ...

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity and orbit ...

The average distance from the surface of the planet to its satellite is 239,000 miles although the exact length varies at different points in the moon's orbit. When an asteroid is larger than ...

Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele, near the outskirts of the solar system. NASA says that the asteroid is around 17 miles along its widest axis.

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and some skywatchers in Florida, Central America and South America will see the ringed planet briefly disappear behind our lunar companion.