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The mysterious object appears to be a rarely seen "quasi-moon" that closely follows the orbit of our planet.

Scientists Intrigued by Mysterious Object Floating Near Earth

By Frank Landymore

Flowing water suggests that water ice may have survived in the asteroid for longer than what was thought possible.

Scientists Find Evidence of Flowing Water on Giant Asteroid

By Frank Landymore

Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in 2022.

Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News

By Victor Tangermann

A new interstellar object has been spotted careening into the solar system at an extremely unusual trajectory.

Large Object From Interstellar Space Detected Heading Toward Center of Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

Everything, as they say, is bigger in Texas — including the space-adjacent sexual harassment scandals, and the egos behind them.

Texas Solicitor General Resigns After Sharing Bizarre Fantasy About An Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

The NASA Psyche spacecraft, which is slated to visit an absurdly valuable asteroid, has encountered a problem with its thrusters.

NASA Spacecraft Runs Into Thruster Trouble En Route to Zillion-Dollar Asteroid

By Frank Landymore

After all the space drama, astronomers have figured out what that "city killer" asteroid actually looks like: a flat, spinning disk.

Asteroid That Threatened Earth Shaped Like a Saucer, Scientists Find With Large Telescope

By Frank Landymore

The potential city killer asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer projected to strike our planet, but it and others like it will be back again.

Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge

By Frank Landymore

Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched the first-ever mining mission to an asteroid. The mission is in serious trouble.

First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists have once again upgraded the odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 striking our planet in 2032 to over double the initial estimate.

Don’t Freak Out, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Ticked Up Again

By Frank Landymore

Chances of space rock 2024 YR4 hitting us just under eight years from now have risen substantially. Astronomers are intrigued.

Don’t Panic, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Almost Doubled

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have spotted a space rock, an estimated 200 feet in length, that they say just may be headed for Earth.

Scientists Say If We’re Extremely Lucky, This Asteroid May Put Us Out of Our Misery

By Victor Tangermann

Resaerchers found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families.

Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover

By Victor Tangermann

If there's a fifth force of physics to round out the Standard Model, asteroids may be our best bet of discovering its underlying particle.

Mysterious “Fifth Force” of Physics Could Be Influencing Asteroids Near Earth

By Frank Landymore

A team of scientists suggests astronauts could make use of an unusual source of nutrition during journeys into deep space: asteroids.

Astronauts Should Eat Space Rocks on the Way to Mars, Scientists Propose

By Victor Tangermann

An oddly shaped — and "potentially hazardous — asteroid the size of a skyscraper sure looks like an oversized peanut.

Radar Images Show Large Object Drifting Past Earth

By Frank Landymore