Less than 24 hours after the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a new asteroid ...

In 2029, one of the solar system's many asteroids will pass Earth close enough to see with the naked eye. But asteroid ...

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

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PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much ...

Daksh joins an elite group in India, alongside just five other students who have reported discovering an asteroid.

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

Through the International Asteroid Discovery Project, Daksh Malik successfully discovered asteroid 2023 OG40 in the main ...