The number 40,000 might not sound particularly dramatic, but it represents humanity's growing catalog of near-Earth asteroids ...

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

In late 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 received the designation, which triggered headlines after initial estimates provided it with ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time ...

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Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping theories of how Earth gained its oceans. A billion-year-old impact may have melted ...

On Oct. 1, 2025, the small asteroid known as 2025 TF whizzed past Earth at a distance of only 266 miles (428 kilometers) from our planet — roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station.

Earth has a near miss—twice—after two small asteroids seemingly passed alarmingly close to the planet, less than two days apart, one of them going completely unnoticed until hours after it had already ...