When most people imagine Earth's asteroid belt, they picture a dense ring of orbiting rocks, locked in place between Mars and ...
A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this means for our solar system.
Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...
If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains ancient, ice-covered rocks that may have delivered much of Earth’s water ...
As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.
PN7 has been a mysterious space traveler, shadowing our planet for decades undetected in our vast celestial world, until now.
THAT’s NO MOON - Earth doesn’t just have one moon; sometimes, it has a companion satellite or “mini-moon.” Discovered on August 2 and reported in September, this is not breaking news. Asteroid 2025 ...
The mini-moon/asteroid will only be joining Earth's orbit temporarily before it returns to its other orbital path.
Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet ...
In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...
The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...