China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is on a mission to explore the quasi-moon Kamo'oalewa. It aims to collect asteroid samples and ...

One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...

Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

SpaceX will launch its next batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff may be visible in neighboring Arizona ...

The installation of the French telescope at the Assy-Turgen Observatory is part of the Kazakh Astrophysical Institute’s ...

The asteroid, also known as Kamoʻoalewa, is a strange little object just 40 metres wide. It orbits the Sun in sync with Earth, making it a “quasi-moon”, an asteroid that stays close to our planet but ...

The third rocket launch of June from California could be widely visible in the sky, with sonic booms audible for some ...

Scientists at the Field Museum can now get a glimpse of 4.5 billion years into the past. This is because the museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of a pristine asteroid. The little black ...

University of Arizona planetary scientist Amy Mainzer, an expert on near-Earth asteroids who wasn’t involved with the study, lauded the team’s “absolutely white-glove” calculations.

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NASA reports a 250-ft building-sized asteroid, 2015 XR1, is passing Earth today at an incredible speed of 45,529 km/h.

NASA warns of a 250-ft asteroid, 2015 XR1, hurtling past Earth today at a speed of 45,529 km/h. Despite its close proximity, it poses no immediate threat to our planet.