A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.

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

Of the 10% of meteorites without a known source, 6% come from the moon, Mars or Vesta, the latter one of the largest objects ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

The worst sci-fi movie of all time, according to science, is Roland Emmerich's 'Moonfall'. Neil Degrasse Tyson now thinks it has surpassed 'Armageddon'.

17 harvest moon and the Aug. 19 sturgeon moon. A meteor shower is celestial event that happens when Earth passes through the ...

Tengrinews.kz - For years, scientists have observed intriguing "patterns" on Venus known as tesserae, unique features found ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera probe recently completed a key manoeuvre which has set it on a path to Mars. The spacecraft will reach the red planet in March 2025 for the first gravity assist.

The team at Jonathon Bosworth Painting and Decorating are working hard to restore the exterior of the historic Wesley Hall in ...

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