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Measuring about 1,200 feet wide, 2005 VO5 belongs to the Aten group. These asteroids have orbits that frequently cross ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
A stadium-sized asteroid, 2005 VO5, is set to approach Earth tomorrow morning. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms its ...
Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.
NASA is closely monitoring asteroid 2005 VO5, a giant, stadium-sized object set to whizz past Earth at high speed on July 11.
Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at ...
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.
The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky.
For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...
The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 BC) was the first person to hypothesize that the seeds of life are present ...