The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...

2024 PT5 has already been near Earth since July. During the event, the asteroid's geocentric energy will become negative and remain that way for 56.6 days. In Dunn's simulation, the orbit is shown ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

In a little over 5 months the university of iowa will be launching it's tracers mission which currently stands as the largest grant ever awarded to the universi ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

The Beaver Moon will mark the fourth supermoon we've seen in a row in 2024, and it will appear big and bright in the sky.

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

From atmospheric phenomena to the slow creep of death in a forest and huge piles of trash, images from the air and near-Earth orbit can help scientists better understand the planet. The tsunami ...

Avi Loeb's controversial claim that a recent fireball resulted from an interstellar object is taking a hammering.

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.