A weird "quasi-moon" of Earth is about to get a name — and you can be part of the process. Earlier this year, the science podcast Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) — the ...

The massive space rock is moving at a whopping 44,001 km/h but is highly unlikely to collide with Earth, according to experts ...

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

NASA is closely monitoring a massive asteroid named 447755 (2007 JX2), which is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday.

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form ...

NASA has recently declared that a massive asteroid is set to pass by Earth in December 2024, and while it’s big enough to ...

Efforts to shield Earth from asteroid impacts have advanced, but significant gaps remain in planetary defence systems. Robin ...

This breakthrough is especially timely, as NASA’s Catalina Sky Survey identifies around 2,000 near-Earth asteroids annually.

NASA is monitoring asteroid 447755 (2007 JX2), a massive, stadium-sized space rock travelling at a shocking speed of 44,001 ...

By searching sparsely populated regions of the galaxy, astronomers have for the first time found the source of a kind of ...

including material right here on Earth. An illustration of small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black holes ...