A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.

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Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

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Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Deimos is the smaller and less photographed of Mars’ moons. This egg-shaped object, only measuring about 7.7 miles in ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Space exploration is set to see significant advancements in 2025 with major missions including India's Gaganyaan, NASA's ...