Really, the only metals judged to be worthy of returning to Earth are the platinum-group metals (PGMs), which are known for ...

Lowell Observatory astronomer and asteroid expert Nick Moskovitz said we know little about this asteroid coming by so close ...

Incredibly dense for its size at almost 40 pounds, finder Dave Hole of Australia was convinced it must have contained a ...

WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

NASA has announced that asteroid 2019 JN2 will safely fly past Earth on November 30, 2024. Despite its proximity of 3.59 ...

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In How to Kill an Asteroid, Robin George Andrews looks at the successes and shortcomings of planetary defense.

While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech ...

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on ...

Asteroids, comets, and meteors are all small solar system objects, but they differ in composition and behaviour.

Asteroid 2022 WJ1 made first and final contact with our planet on November 19, 2022. It is now estimated to be an S-chondrite ...

On November 18th, 2022, shortly before midnight, the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona and other observatories worldwide ...