Some astronomers have theorized that the space rock may be a chunk of material that broke off the moon. China’s Tianwen-2 ...

NASA has confirmed that the 1,200-foot Apophis asteroid — one of the largest near-Earth objects ever tracked — will pass ...

Despite being called a "minimoon", Kamo'oalewa is not Earth's second moon. It is a rare type of asteroid known as a ...

The probe will conduct a detailed scientific survey of the asteroid and send a sample back to Earth for further analysis.

A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released ...

A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has sent back the first-ever close-up image of Earth's rare quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa, an asteroid that scientists suspect could be a fragment of the Moon.

Giant asteroid 1997 NC1, possibly up to a mile wide, will safely pass Earth this weekend, with live online streams on Friday, ...

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon ...

An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t ...

The last time an asteroid similar in size passed safely by Earth from an even closer distance was in 2022, when a space rock ...

New research led by Curtin University and QUT (Queensland University of Technology) has revealed that repeated asteroid ...