In 2029, one of the solar system's many asteroids will pass Earth close enough to see with the naked eye. But asteroid ...

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 ...

Harvard-affiliated astronomers mistook Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster for an asteroid near Earth. Initially flagged as "2018 CN41 ...

The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much ...

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

Musk launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space on February 6, 2018, as a test payload for the Falcon Heavy rocket.

Heads up, everybody. A couple of asteroids approximately the size of a school bus are set to make close approach with Earth ...

The Moon and asteroids are at the top of the mission list for a number of agencies, while others will focus on exploration to ...

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

The rocket launched into orbit on February 6, 2018, as part of a publicity stunt while the Falcon Heavy was being tested.

Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as ...

The authors also found evidence of w-shaped flood channels using seismic data and developed computer models to simulate how ...