If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...

The continuous monitoring of near-Earth objects (NEOs ... the physical and mental impact of both the contraceptive pill and abusive relationships. Prior to that, Melissa had been specialized ...

An object the asteroid's size coming so near Earth is exceptionally rare, scientists said, and likely won't happen again for another 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists have ruled out the ...

For comparison, the Moon is about 238,855 miles from Earth, but in space, distances are all relative. This near-miss was one of two close encounters Earth had with asteroids recently. In a ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface. By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size ...

A near-Earth "asteroid" recently spotted by astronomers poring through telescope data has turned out to be Elon Musk's car.

"Objects in the Arjuna asteroid belt are part of the near-Earth object population of asteroids and comets." Though the idea of Earth getting a second moon sounds extraordinary, these gravitational ...

The mysterious objects, which are not quite comets nor are they asteroids, could be one way that water ended up on Earth billions of years ago. A new study suggests that up to 60% of near-Earth ...

The asteroid, named 2006 WB, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to likely be about 310 feet across, though according to JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the ...