Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by the ATLAS survey on the day it struck Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation: ...
Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) ...
A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network, which ...
In late December astronomers using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near our planet. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An asteroid previously thought to be heading towards Earth ...
On a special episode (first released on October 2, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Hollywood has long been enamored with end-of-the-world science fiction where asteroids play the leading role. But the ...
Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024. A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn’t correspond to any of ...
A huge asteroid, currently ranked as the most dangerous space object near Earth by NASA, could hit the planet at the end of 2032. Why It Matters The asteroid's size means it would have the same power ...
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off. By Jonathan O’Callaghan ...
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