The comet, which continues its journey through the solar system, has been observed by space telescopes near Earth.

A building-sized asteroid will zoom by Earth Saturday, while another asteroid twice its size will make an even closer approach Monday, with NASA keeping an eye on the second asteroid due to its size ...

The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according to Space.com. There's no cause for concern – at least not yet. Every year, ...

On October 1st, a small asteroid named C15KM95 passed by Earth at an altitude of just 300 kilometers, skimming over Antarctica in a flyby far closer than most near-Earth objects ever get. The event ...

Several asteroids flew near Earth safely on Thursday — and one tiny space rock came in for a close shave. The Solar System is dirty, filled with asteroids that litter the space between planets. Often, ...

An overview of the asteroids : the Asteroids III perspective / W.F. Bottke Jr. ... [et al.] -- Giuseppe Piazzi and the discovery of Ceres / G. Foderà Serio, A. Manara and P. Sicoli -- Asteroid orbit ...

Asteroid 2025 TC will pass Earth on October 3, 2025. This house-sized space rock measures 44 feet across. It travels at over ...

LOS ANGELES - An asteroid the size of a football stadium weaved between the Moon and Earth on Saturday. Scientists learned of 2024 MK, as the asteroid was named, two weeks before it came within ...

While iridium is highly concentrated in asteroids, it's almost nonexistent in Earth's outer ... moving water as fast as 89 ...

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a celestial ...

In June and September of this year, scientists announced their decision to name four asteroids after the four Catholic religious sisters, the last of whom passed away in 1982. A team of nuns measures ...

Material harvested from asteroids could be used to sustain astronauts during long-duration space missions. Researchers from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have ...