Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt
Curious about how we track asteroids? Here’s what to know. Tuesday's asteroid marks the fourth imminent impactor detected ...
For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...
Space enthusiasts are in for a major cosmic event on Friday as NASA said that two aeroplane-sized asteroids -- 2024 XW15 and ...
Which asteroids pose the greatest threat to Earth? How likely are they to strike, and what level of destruction could they ...
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...
The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...
The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...
Two massive asteroid impacts 35.65 million years ago left significant craters but caused no long-term climate changes, ...
By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny ...
The Geminids are among the few major meteor showers to come from asteroids, and this year they will peak on Friday.