BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

Heads up, everybody. A couple of asteroids approximately the size of a school bus are set to make close approach with Earth ...

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...

Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...