A3 (Tsuchinan-Atlas) won't be this close to Earth again for over 80,000 years, assuming it survives its approach to the Sun.

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...

A new study suggests that X-ray pulses could be used to deflect enormous asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

PT5 will enter Earth's orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, serving as a temporary "mini-moon." ...

Tengrinews.kz - Earth will temporarily acquire a second "Moon" at the end of September 2024, when a small asteroid enters our ...

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...

An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a proof-of-concept ...

It was a good week for space science, as a trio of Earth scientists at Monash University found evidence that Earth may have ...

There’s a clue about how to do that in the natural behavior of comets. As sunlight heats a comet’s ice until some turns to ...

Researchers theorize X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to vaporize an asteroid's surface, altering its trajectory ...

A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.

Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds.