Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned amazing images after a super-close asteroid flyby on July 5, but the encounter was a ...

Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly past ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million ...

On August 28, 2025, researchers aimed their equipment towards an area of sky where they expected to find the asteroid 1998 ...

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft captured incredible images of a near-Earth asteroid after a super-close flyby on July 5 though ...

Typically, astronomers identify comets by their distinct atmospheres, or comae, and their tails, which are created as the sun ...

The asteroid will be visible for several nights from different parts of the world. We’ll tell you when and where to look, and what equipment you’ll need to spot it.

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe ...

An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t in any imminent danger, but the cosmic debris will still come close enough ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and ...

Learn about an object in space that has emerged as a dark comet, displaying a much fainter glow than most comets.

Nearly 400 days and a billion kilometers after leaving Earth, China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has arrived at its target: the ...