An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will safely pass Earth on Dec. 4, 2024. It's classed as a “potentially ...

WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

After almost two months of companionship, Earth has just lost its “mini-moon.” On Monday, the asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 was ...

The asteroid, named 2024 WF5, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Center for Near-Earth Object Studies ...

"The fact that terrestrial microbes are the Earth's best colonizers means we can never completely discount terrestrial ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...

Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...

Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...

An asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ...

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on ...

A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...