Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...
Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...
A significant object has just passed through our planet's vicinity without incident. This passage, although safe, has captured the full attention of astronomers worldwide. This is asteroid ...
In scientific terms, it is normal for some predictions to fail. Not so much in the how, but in the when. A few years ago, some astronomical experts predicted that an asteroid would ...
Scientists have discovered that microbial life colonised the Lappajarvi impact crater in Finland shortly after a massive ...
But a new study published in Nature Astronomy shows that even very small asteroids can surprise us—and sometimes explode ...
A building-sized asteroid, 2025 FA22, is set to pass by Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 523,000 miles.
78 million years ago, a 1.6 km asteroid slammed into what is now Finland, creating a crater 23 km (14 mi) wide and 750 m deep ...
A giant space rock the size of New York's Chrysler Building will make a close pass by Earth Thursday, and it could get even ...
A skyscraper-size asteroid named 2025 FA22 will make a close approach to Earth this week, and you can watch it happen live ...
The asteroid named 2025 FA22 was once categorised as potentially hazardous and is said to fly by Earth on September 12.
Sooner or later, a sizable asteroid could impact a populated area on Earth. How is the US, and the world, preparing?