An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid. ESA-Science Office Astronomers have made a startling discovery ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

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Jan. 29, 2025 You may hear about a large asteroid headed toward Earth. Don’t panic. Just after Christmas Day, astronomers spotted something zipping away from Earth: a rock somewhere between 130 ...

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a 1% ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

The mission will see its spacecraft, Vestri, dock on the company’s target near-Earth asteroid, whose identity remains unknown. The company announced the new mission alongside details of $40 ...

When photons impact a hollow rocket booster, it moves like an empty tin can getting hit with a wind gust, while an asteroid’s motion won’t be very noticeably affected, according to NASA.