Sloths are the slowest mammals of all, but asteroid 2026 HX3 is anything but that – both in terms of being slow and in terms ...
Jake Kurlander is a graduate student at the UW school of astronomy who, along with UW research scientist Ari Heinze, built ...
Scientists at the Rubin Observatory have identified nearly 11,000 asteroids, including hundreds beyond Neptune and 33 previously unknown near-Earth asteroids.
On April 29, 2026, two airplane-sized asteroids, 2026 HL3 and 2026 HP3, will safely pass Earth at 1.6 million and 3.68 ...
Space is full of rocks. Most of them quietly mind their own business, drifting on orbits that will never come anywhere near ...
A meteor cluster reveals an asteroid disintegrating near the Sun. These observations help uncover hidden asteroids and ...
"NASA's planetary defense budget is less than one percent of the total space agency. That's not enough to ever do anything." ...
Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope into space to find them.
Five asteroids, including one the size of a house, will approach Earth within the next two days. On Wednesday, March 25, the asteroids, the size of a car, an airplane, and two more the size of buses, ...
The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth. Here's what to know.