Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

Asteroids aren't just space rocks — they're time capsules. Scientists study them to uncover secrets about the building blocks of life, the origins of water on Earth, and even the potential for mining ...

The asteroid is believed to be now 11 meters (36 feet) across, spinning on its axis every five minutes, and has a peculiar composition. The discovery has massive implications for the mission. One of ...

A small asteroid has been quietly following Earth’s orbit for decades—unseen, unbothered and, until recently, completely ...

Specialists specified that the asteroid’s next passage near Earth will take place in 11 years, on August 20, 2036 ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, about building-sized (520 feet wide), will fly past Earth on September 18 at a distance of 523,000 miles.

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

New observations reveal that the asteroid 1998 KY26 is much smaller and spinning much faster than originally thought.

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

A massive asteroid, 2025 FA22, will safely pass Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 4.6 million miles. Initially ...

Researchers studied samples returned by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission in 2020. The spacecraft visited the near-Earth asteroid between 2018 and 2019.