One of the most closely watched space rocks in the solar system is set to make an extraordinarily close approach to Earth ...

In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest flybys of a large asteroid ever predicted with certainty.

A Wild Arrival and High Stakes Asteroid 2024 YR4 was only discovered in December last year, but the initial worry it could ...

Asteroid 4 Vesta comes to a standstill against the background stars of Cetus the Whale, visible late tonight around midnight.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch at the end of August, is uniquely well-placed to help us spot any dangerous rocks heading our way.

A single asteroid impact may explain two of Deimos’s most puzzling features: its huge southern depression and unusually ...

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network, which ...

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A single asteroid strike likely reshaped Mars’ moon Deimos, creating its massive polar crater and a global dust layer.

He said that the situation worked like a thermos designed to both keep liquids hot or cold for hours. After the infernos sparked by falling superheated rocks died out, the lingering atmospheric dust ...