Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

A new mini-moon the size of a city bus will begin circling our planet and hanging out in our skies until Thanksgiving week. An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will enter Earth's orbit, get caught there ...

China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million ...

An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society.

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...

Two other asteroids are also expected ... A bus-sized asteroid is due to pass the Earth today, coming closer than the moon. Stock image of an asteroid passing the Earth (main) and a school bus ...

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's ...

These events happen two different ... the 'mini-moon' asteroid take? The asteroid will be in orbit for 56 days and will take a horseshoe path around Earth. Take a look at the USA TODAY graphic ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...