NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

Just days after the Geminid meteor shower, the asteroid from which it comes, 3200 Phaethon, will pass close to Earth. What is it? Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, discovered in 1983, is named for its close ...

In a tweet Sunday, NASA said an asteroid expected to pass by close to Earth on Nov. 2 , a day before the upcoming presidential election, "poses no threat" to the planet. According to NASA Asteroid ...

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the ...

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An asteroid the size of a house passed the Earth Wednesday, eventually reaching a distance closer to Earth than the moon, according to AccuWeather. The newly discovered Asteroid 2020 GH2 passed within ...

An asteroid is swinging by Earth tonight and even though the massive flying rock (that’s a technical term) won’t be super visible to the naked eye, NASA has got you covered. The asteroid, known as ...

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...