Cape Canaveral, Fla. — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper and stadium will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. NASA says it will happen around 9:41 a.m. EST. There's no chance of ...

It was a turning point in the history of life on Earth. An asteroid an estimated 6-9 miles (10-15 km) wide slammed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, triggering a global ...

The Asteroid Belt is a part of space between Mars and Jupiter. Find out more about the solar bodies that live in this region of space. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the ...

Scientists Stunned to Find a Secret Ocean World Deep Beneath the Ice in the Asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter Tucked between Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid belt, a region that, for ...

On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost two months before the forces of gravity return it to a vast field of ...

Namely, they originate from the Karin, Koronis and Massalia asteroid families, which formed from collisions in the main asteroid belt that occurred about 5.8 million, 7.5 million and 40 million ...

The tiny asteroid will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. PT5 will then leave Earth's orbit and return to its asteroid belt, pulling toward the sun and then moving throughout the solar system.

It’s unclear if the asteroid will obscure the entire star, producing a total eclipse. Rather, the result could be a “ring of fire” eclipse with a miniscule blazing border around the star.