The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by NASA and other space agencies. The continuous monitoring of near-Earth ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft specifically ...

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

The night sky over Kyiv was lit up by what some have speculated may have been a comet or meteor - shortly before Russia launched yet another series of drone strikes. With no official confirmation ...

When asking why objects like the Chelyabinsk Meteor or the meteor in the Tunguska Event explode, we should remember that when either a comet or asteroid hit the Earth’s atmosphere, its moving ...

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Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit and spin ...