A small asteroid spotted only hours before it struck the atmosphere has become a touchstone for how fragile, and how powerful, our planetary defense really is. The impact itself was harmless, but the ...

In news that is almost straight out of Don’t Look Up but far less horrifying, an astronomer in Poland detected an asteroid on March 11. The small asteroid, only about a meter in diameter, impacted the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. No need to duck and cover. Asteroid 2024 RW1 is only a few feet in ...

This past week, a small asteroid – colloquially known as a ‘shooting star’ – was discovered in space on its way towards Earth. This is only the seventh time an asteroid has been discovered before its ...