Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Looking up at the night sky often brings peace. Occasionally, space visitors capture public attention. One such visitor is ...

For years, astronomers treated Vesta as more than just an asteroid. With its rocky surface, distinct layers, and volcanic history, it seemed to be a miniature version of Earth—something between a rock ...

The meteorite is roughly 4.56 billion years old, and experts believe it’s a chip off an asteroid from the belt between Mars ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise orbit, the calculation usually gives scientists a cloud of its possible ...

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Fossils of mosasaurs and early mammals found in Louisiana reveal how life changed after the asteroid that ended the age of ...

Meteorite that crashed into Georgia home is believed to have originated from the main asteroid belt, making it 4.56 billion ...

The Lucy spacecraft is already well on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. But that doesn't mean that it can't make some ...