The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) mission to the Apophis ...

An asteroid recently made the second closest pass to Earth ever observed on October 1st. And astronomers only found it after ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they should nuke it. The study was recently submitted by over a dozen scientists ...

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

The first incident occurred on Oct. 1, when a small asteroid designated 2025 TF slipped past Earth at an altitude of just 266 ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the ...

Young asteroids—which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system—are typically ...

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

The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at ...

TF whizzed past Earth at a distance of only 266 miles (428 kilometers) from our planet — roughly the same altitude as the ...