A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms ...

Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...

WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

Brian Hackney reports on the possible origins of Earth's recent "mini-moon" that is preparing to depart our orbit.

Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...

Preliminary research suggests asteroid 2024 PT5, which stuck around Earth for almost two months, has lunar origins ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured asteroid 2023 BU when it less than 40,000 km (25,854 mi.) away from ...

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.

Lowell Observatory astronomer and asteroid expert Nick Moskovitz said we know little about this asteroid coming by so close ...

A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, asteroid 2006 WB, with a diameter of 302 feet, will pass by Earth at 554,000 miles. This ...