A week full of asteroid visits concludes with another one zooming past Earth at a close distance on the night of Dec 6. The ...
The second asteroid, 2024 XB3, is smaller at 29 feet. It will pass closer to Earth, at 2,090,000 miles. While closer than 2024 WG3, it also poses no threat. Its proximity, however, makes it an ...
The project, which gave astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects, ended its mission and re-entered the atmosphere ...
The Geminids, one of the final meteor showers of 2024 to reach its annual peak, is also considered among astronomers to be ...
"The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it would confirm the existence of internal energy sources that ...
The stadium-size asteroid is considered a "potentially hazardous object," but poses no threat to Earth this year.
A small asteroid barreled toward Earth, creating a harmless fireball across the skies above eastern Russia on Tuesday, ...
The massive space rock is large enough to wipe out a small city, and it’s moving toward Earth at about 27,500 miles per hour, ...
People in northern Siberia saw a fireball streak through the sky on Tuesday as a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere ...
The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec ...
The asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere at 11:15 a.m. ET over Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, creating a massive fireball.
The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.m. EST (0526 GMT), passing just under ...