While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...
Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured asteroid 2023 BU when it less than 40,000 km (25,854 mi.) away from ...
An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...
The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...
XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...
JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...
The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...
NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December ...
The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is so sparsely populated that spacecraft pass through as though ...
Discover what astronomers are learning about an ancient ice giant traveling through our solar system that's a strange hybrid ...
The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...