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

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

Astronomers were left less than impressed when they uncovered the truth about an asteroid they'd been keeping an eye on. On ...

An asteroid about the size of a giraffe was discovered last weekend and will make an extremely close approach to Earth this Thursday just as a much more distant “green comet” is brightening.

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

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

An asteroid hit Earth and burned up in the atmosphere ... Cagayan at the northern tip of the Philippines shows a flickering ...

The fridge-sized DART spacecraft successfully knocked the asteroid well off course ... Aviation Administration gave the last-minute green light, saying the nature of the problem posed little ...

The first known asteroid to visit our Solar System from interstellar space has been given a name. Scientists who have studied its speed and trajectory believe it originated in a planetary system ...

Asteroid 2025 AB, a 42-foot Near-Earth Asteroid, will pass just 95,200 miles from Earth, providing scientists a unique chance to study it closely. Falling under the Aten category, such asteroids ...