The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't ...

Asteroid 2020 GE and 2024 RO11 will pass Earth Asteroid 2020 GE, the smaller object, is around 26 feet in diameter, about the size of a bus. It will pass Earth at a distance of 410,000 miles ...

SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera spacecraft toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation on Monday (Oct. 7), and you can watch the liftoff live. The European Space Agency's Hera mission ...

The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed. A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West ...

This isn’t the first time Earth has experienced a “temporary moon.” In fact, similar occurrences have taken place, such as with asteroid 2020 CD3, which orbited Earth for several years before leaving ...

Astronomers in Arizona spotted a different visiting mini-moon — a tiny asteroid named 2020 CD3 — in Earth’s orbit in February 2020. It was estimated to measure 6 to 11 feet across ...

A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact ... Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science. He covers physics and astronomy, among other topics like tech ...

It turns out these insects have been some of the world’s tiniest farmers for 66 million years, thanks in part to the asteroid that struck Earth and set off a chain of events that led to the ...

Earth has previously captured other temporary mini-moons, such as Asteroid 2020 CD3. Although that asteroid was first spotted whirling around Earth in February 2020 and departed a couple of months ...

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to ... Dana Taylor: SPACECAST 2020 made predictions about space defense initiatives. Can you share a bit about the ...