China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.

“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 ...

However, its initial observations have also highlighted its credentials as an asteroid hunter. Over the course of just a few nights, astronomers were able to identify 2,104 new near-Earth objects as ...

A small asteroid flew very close to Earth on Thursday night, less than a week after astronomers discovered the object. The asteroid, named 2023 BU, was scheduled to pass over the southern tip of ...

A view of the asteroid, as seen on January 17, 2022, when the object was 1.68 million miles (2.7 million km) from Earth. Gif: Virtual Telescope Project 2.0/Gizmodo ...

Larger telescopes provide a better view. 2023 DZ2 will appear to be a slow-moving star over the southeastern horizon, ... 2023 DZ2 is considered an Apollo asteroid, or near-Earth asteroid.

NASA successfully deflected an asteroid for the first time - but in doing so accidentally unleashed swarm of boulders into ...

NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

The asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day — passing within roughly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) of Earth, about twice the distance of the moon. It was discovered two days later.

Asteroid 2021 UA1, a space rock about the size of a refrigerator, made a surprise appearance when it recently flew past Earth.

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