EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary ...

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise orbit, the calculation usually gives scientists a cloud of its possible ...

Planetary scientists have published a detailed follow-up on the debris from their historic 2022 asteroid impact experiment in outer space.

Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view,” the ...

THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, according to new analysis. In 2022, the US ...

showing ejecta around the impacted near-Earth asteroids, were taken during the approach (with Didymos to the upper left) and departure (Didymos to the upper right) of DART's companion spacecraft, ...

This year, the alert system for defending the planet against incoming space rocks was activated for the first time. It won’t be the last ...

Soon after, experts calculated that it had a 1.3% chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032. The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) responded quickly, sending out its first-ever ...

According to a new study, Earth's mini-moons may not be from the asteroid belt after all. They're made of Moon.

Map showing location of Nadir Crater and seismic and well dataset. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01700-4 New images of an asteroid impact crater buried ...