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The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

An asteroid around the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earth’s atmosphere, and while it wasn’t dangerous, it marked the fifth time in history an asteroid was detected ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect us. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins AP ...

In September 2022, the Nasa Dart mission hit the small asteroid moon Dimorphos and changed its trajectory, as the first test of “kinetic impactor” technology designed to deflect asteroids.

Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in early January, originating from asteroid 2003 EH1. It produces up to 120 meteors per ...

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

The French astrologer Nostradamus has long been a trendy topic as the clock nears midnight on New Year's Eve, with the ...

They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...