A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within one-third of the Earth-moon distance. The close approach will happen at ...

Asteroid (2024 UQ1), which is roughly bus-sized, is due to pass closer to the Earth than the moon. Stock images of an asteroid passing Earth (main) and a bus (inset).

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

A calculation of asteroid 2024 PT5’s position around Earth as it temporarily is captured and becomes a mini-moon. NASA During this interstellar layover, the space rock will likely become a ...

The asteroid is tiny compared to the size of the Earth's moon, measuring about 10 meters in length. Speaking to ABC News, Astrophysics Professor Adam Frank from the University of Rochester ...

Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the Moon. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250402122619.htm ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it anyway. Here's what it found.