Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer stumbled upon what appeared to be a newly discovered near-Earth object (NEO). The ...

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.

Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in ...

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

FALLING FROM SPACE:When space junk plummets to Earth and causes damage or injury, who pays? Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through dusty debris trails left by comets and other space ...

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

Typically, asteroids - like the one depicted in this artist's concept - originate from the main asteroid belt between the ...

thus creating masses of debris fragments. "Adding a Sustainable Development Goal [SDG] specifically for space would be a transformative step in safeguarding one of Earth's most vital environments ...