Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

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In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

On January 26, 2025, an asteroid called 2024 YY5 will fly by Earth, which has sparked interest in the scientific and space ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...