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

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.

It’s long been known that meteors are caused by meteorites striking Earth’s atmosphere ... 6% come from the moon, Mars or ...

Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by ...

The majority of these asteroids are located within the asteroid belt between Mars ... that there are around 3,800 near-Earth ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

Though the nearly full moon will likely outshine some of these speedy meteors, you may still be able to catch a glimpse of ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

17 harvest moon and the Aug. 19 sturgeon moon. A meteor shower is celestial event that happens when Earth passes through the ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...