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

Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer stumbled upon what appeared to be a newly discovered near-Earth object (NEO). The ...

A near-Earth "asteroid" recently spotted by astronomers poring through telescope data has turned out to be Elon Musk's car.

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

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

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is tracking a fascinating cosmic event. A 100-foot-wide asteroid, 2025 BH2, will make ...

The rocket launched into orbit on February 6, 2018, as part of a publicity stunt while the Falcon Heavy was being tested.

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

NASA suggests asteroid 2024 PT5 might be a fragment of lunar rock Observations show a composition matching Moon samples, not asteroids Rare lunar-origin asteroids offer new insights for space explorat ...

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

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...