The team's analysis indicates that gravitational interactions with Jupiter likely played a role in nudging the asteroid into the Earth-crossing orbit. The new observations also revealed that the ...

This is an Earth-crossing asteroid first spotted in December 2024 ... not associated with objects that cross Earth’s orbit. “YR4 is a solid, stony type that likely originated from an asteroid ...

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, is set to approach Earth on May 24, 2025, at a distance of 6.68 million kilometers. Classified as ...

A new threat looms as scientists warn of dangerous asteroids near Venus, hidden from Earth's telescopes by the Sun's glare.

A not-to-scale illustration of an asteroid’s orbital path crossing the orbit of Earth around the sun. The only way to narrow that path down is to get more observations, either fresh from ...

China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid China launched its second planetary exploration mission ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to ... "Scientists continuously monitor Earth-crossing asteroids, whose paths intersect Earth's orbit, and near-Earth asteroids that approach ...

The CZ-3B/E Y110 flew on an eastbound path and launched Tianwen-2 on an Earth escape trajectory. Tianwen-2 will orbit ...