A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Chang'e 2 launched in 2010 and was originally a lunar orbiter that China ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Chang'e 2 ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid—"2025 XM"—that is expected to pass within 295,000 miles of Earth today, December 9, according to data from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The visiting ...

In Professor K.T. Ramesh's First Year Seminar, Defending the Planet: How to Stop an Asteroid, four years have passed in only two months. By the end of the semester, it will be 2036 and a simulated ...

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The State Department is warning Americans in Japan to be aware of their surroundings amid an increase in bear sightings after 13 people have been killed by bears in the country since April. Japanese ...

The Taurid meteor shower—known for its “Halloween Fireballs” that illuminate the sky from late October to early November— could hold clues to future threats from space such as airbursts and actual ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

Ramses, DESTINY+ and OSIRIS-APEX will have a ringside seat for the encounter, if all goes to plan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office We are fewer than four years away from what may be the most significant ...