NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking the asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will approach Earth on Sunday, January 26.

Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids spotted something unusual. A space rock, ...

Slated for a 2027 launch, NASA's NEO Surveyor mission is advancing through critical testing phases to enhance our planetary ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the Earth — and there’s a chance you can see it for yourself.

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

An unusual looking 33-foot-long object discovered orbiting Earth last year may have come from a surprising place.

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...

Asteroids are rocky objects left over from the early days of our solar system, orbiting the Sun much like planets. While most ...

They can give insight into how impacts affect the moon or other bodies such as Earth and Mars. They would also help identify ...