Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

Several celestial objects have been spotted over the years and deemed a "quasi-moon" by astronomers, including asteroid 2025 ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

The shower is produced by Halley’s comet’s debris, and could offer strong viewing opportunities because the moon is new this ...

The asteroid, now named 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, at exactly 00:47:26 UTC. This incident was more ...

"I'd love to do more, I think we all would. But that's a good way to leave it, rather than everyone being sick of it," Dan Stevens says.

The threat of a catastrophic asteroid impact often feels like something out of science fiction. Yet, recent events have shown just how real the danger is. In 2019, an asteroid dubbed ‘2019 OK’, the ...

The annual Draconid meteor shower is visible this year until 10 October in the northern hemisphere and will peak on the ...

Another asteroid zoomed near Earth's vicinity the next day. An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, zoomed over ...