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

The US-based space agency NASA has issued a fresh warning about an asteroid approximately the size of the Qutub Minar (238 ft ...

A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life.

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to avoid contaminating ...

An asteroid the size of Manhattan’s Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a once every 5,000 to 10,000 ...

Microorganisms on a sample of asteroid are clearly terrestrial — despite strict protocols to avoid contamination.

Nasa's first look at 'beautiful' asteroid ... Psyche The sample was scooped up from the surface of 500m-wide asteroid Bennu in 2020 by Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft, and then delivered by capsule ...

A small asteroid, 2024 UQ, hit Earth's atmosphere with minimal warning, highlighting gaps in detection systems. The next ...

from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 13, 2023, and it is due to arrive at the asteroid in summer 2029. The $10 quintillion figure is based on the value of the asteroid's ...

NASA is tracking two asteroids the size of ... which is equivalent to approximately 1,213 and 2,723 feet. The asteroid 2020 DB5 has an estimated diameter between 380 and 850 metres.

The 2020 mini-moon was eventually identified as a rocket booster from the 1966 Surveyor 2 Centaur launch. But ATLAS reports this new mini-moon is likely to be a real asteroid, which is simply defined ...