Dive into NASA's ATLAS system as interstellar 3I/ATLAS nears Sun on 29 Oct 2025—no Earth hit, but astrometry campaign probes ...

A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...

The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.

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Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

Have you heard about Asteroid Apophis? It's like the rockstar of space—cool name, big impact! This bad boy has been causing a ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...

Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid that will shadow Earth’s orbit for ...