Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer ...

DG5 is classified within the Apollo group—asteroids characterized by orbits that cross Earth's trajectory around the Sun. It ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made the Earth and our environment what it is." ...

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, will pass by Earth on May 24. It is about the size of the Eiffel Tower. The asteroid will travel ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is set to make a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its Ramses ...

A massive asteroid nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower is set to fly past Earth this weekend, sparking global interest. Moving ...

The CNSA said the Tianwen 2 mission is expected to accomplish multiple objectives through a single expedition, including the ...

Asteroid 2025 JR, about the size of a 25-story building, is set to pass Earth on May 28 at a distance of 4.6 million ...

China launched its first asteroid sampling mission early on Thursday morning, aiming to explore a near-Earth small asteroid ...

Instead, scientists have seized the opportunity to study the 'exceptionally close' flyby by sending a spacecraft to the space rock. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing the Ramses mission – ...

Just days earlier, on May 21, a smaller asteroid named 2025 KF made an even closer pass — just 111,000 kilometres from Earth, ...