On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned the samples from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, in 2023. It's the biggest cosmic haul ...

Scientists spotted a new asteroid—turns out it was Musk’s Tesla Roadster. Who knew space junk could be this expensive… or ...

A strange object initially thought to be a newly discovered asteroid actually turned out ... the MPC said in the retraction notice. "The next day it was pointed out the orbit matches an artificial ...

officially registered the new space rock Jan ... the moon— prompting the scientists to declare the asteroid had the potential to some day slam into Earth. The elite organization, located ...