Near Earth Objects

A tiny mystery object is zipping past the Earth today, providing astronomers with an excellent opportunity to…

Yesterday brought the tragic news that the famous 1,000-foot radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico wil…

The clock is officially ticking.

Only a small handful of objects are known to pose a serious threat to Earth, and the gigantic asteroid Apophis is…

On August 16, a car-sized asteroid came to within 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of our planet, making it the…

Some astronomers believe that Jupiter, instead of protecting Earth from dangerous comets and asteroids, is actively…

NASA will begin developing a space-based telescope to track the asteroids near Earth, according to a statement by…

Of all the things that could end our world, an asteroid strike may be the doomsday we have the most control over.

Last week, local media reports indicated that a meteorite hit the Cuban town of Viñales after soaring across the…

Every once in a while, our planet captures a “mini-moon,” a tiny asteroid that hangs out in our orbit for a bit…

Late last year, astronomers detected the first known interstellar asteroid, dubbed ‘Oumuamua. New research suggests…

Early tomorrow, a small asteroid will zip past Earth well inside the Moon’s orbit. NASA says poses no threat, but…

Oh Florence, we really needed you this month. There’s a petulant species of brainy monkeys apes that just can’t seem…

A mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique just got a NASA promotion to the design phase. Called…

Four years ago, an asteroid the size of a city bus screamed across the skies of Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering…

If an asteroid were closing in on our planet, we’d know about it quickly thanks to a dedicated network of…

It’d be such a shame to lose this fragile, watery planet to an asteroid strike. NASA’s newly-formalized Planetary…

Fresh off the heels of Spooky the Halloween Asteroid comes news of yet another celestial object coming to pay us a…

On All Hallow’s Eve, an asteroid dubbed “Spooky” will make its closest approach to our planet. Hurtling along at an…

We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween. A rather large asteroid—discovered…