However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...

These observations have included: Asteroids: Successful observation of the Trojan asteroid Eurybates, target of the NASA Lucy mission, as it crossed Europe, deriving for the first time its complex ...

The night sky will witness a celestial event soon. Two asteroids are set to pass Earth on 31 January. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is tracking their movement. Scientists confirm that ...

Tracking old and defunct spacecraft across the solar system is becoming a problem, scientists say. The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be anything but. In fact, it isn't ...

NASA has issued an asteroid alert as three near-Earth objects (NEOs), including one bus-sized and two airplane-sized asteroids, are set to fly past Earth on January 30, 2025. While none of these ...

The asteroid is estimated to be between 131 and 328 feet (40 and 100 meters) wide. Asteroids of this size impact Earth every few thousand years, and they can cause severe damage to local regions ...

Here's what to know about the asteroid 2024 YR4 and it's chances of hitting Earth: Asteroids: Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th Asteroid 2024 YR4 was ...

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We all know that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago, leaving a 125-mile (200km) wide crater on Earth, but have scientists identified any asteroids of this monumental ...

The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...

Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt Dec. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt.