Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of ...

This allowed Hera to capture the first images of Earth and the Moon from a distance of more than one million km!" SEE ALSO: We could nuke an incoming asteroid. Scientists just proved it.

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

So astronomer Man-To Hui at Macau University of Science and Technology in China looked for previous images of the asteroid and planned new observations as well. Measurements of the asteroid’s ...

Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera snapped this view of Earth and the moon. The clearest of the three images ESA released on Oct. 14 comes from Hera’s Asteroid Framing Camera, which is used for ...

In this case, 2019 UO 14 was also found to appear in prior images where its position could be confirmed. It was then observed afresh from several new sites. In all, data for the asteroid was found ...

Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look back at Earth's moon — and in a new animation, you can see our neighbor shrinking as Hera flies away.

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid stretching 6 miles (10 kilometers) across struck Earth, ending the reign of the dinosaurs. Today, the probability of an asteroid that size wiping ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...