Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 will fly within 0.017 au of Earth on June 27, 2026, brightening to 10th magnitude and putting it ...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...
It’s been called a moonlet. Sister moon. You could even call it a moon “buddy,” a companion or quasi-satellite, if you will, to our steady lunar neighbor. Astronomers say a tiny asteroid, called 2025 ...