Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...

A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

Carnegie Science astronomer Scott S. Sheppard discovered the asteroid on September 27 with the Dark Energy Camera on the ...

A groundbreaking study of asteroid Ryugu has revealed something scientists never expected: water moved through its rocky ...

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From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...

An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

Companies are getting in on the ground floor of mining asteroids in space for precious minerals and important terrestrial ...

New Delhi: The Arjuna asteroids form a second asteroid belt exactly the distance that the Earth orbits the Sun. Arjuna ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...