Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft pulled off a maneuver in July that no space agency had managed before, aiming a laser at a small ...

A tiny asteroid named CERNQ52 entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean after being detected only hours earlier.

CERNQ52, a diminutive asteroid, streaked into Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, detected by astronomers merely hours ...

A new study reveals how molten rock and fine asteroid dust could have produced an intense global heat pulse after the impact 66 million years ago.

One asteroid impact may have carved Deimos, buried its surface in debris, and reshaped the entire Martian moon. An ...

A newly discovered small asteroid is reportedly expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere near northwest Australia today. The ...

A building-sized asteroid will coincidentally fly by Earth during September’s supermoon and partial lunar eclipse early Wednesday morning, offering a celestial show full of events, and NASA is ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Precisely four years from today — on Friday, April 13, 2029 ...