The most concerning of tonight's visitors, 2007 XB23, will pass just 0.00298 AU—less than 4,50,000 kilometers from Earth.

A team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny asteroids in JWST date — including the smallest ever seen in the main belt ...

Astronomers used james webb telescope data to discover tiny main-belt asteroids, improving asteroid tracking and planetary ...

For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...

NASA's JPL reports three asteroids approaching Earth on December 11, 2024, offering valuable opportunities for scientific ...

Researchers were able to discover over 100 small asteroids in the main asteroid belt. These asteroids, ranging from the size ...

Comets masquerading as asteroids are being found in increasing numbers, with 14 now known in the asteroid belt.

Three asteroids, 2018 XU3, 2024 XZ11, and 2024 XL11, will safely pass Earth on December 11, 2024. NASA scientists are ...

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid will fly close to Earth amid a flurry of space activity on Tuesday, December 3. People ...

An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to ...

The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as ...

MIT astronomers have developed a new method to detect small decameter asteroids, as small as 10 meters in diameter, within ...