The early Earth was an extreme place. Asteroids pommeled the surface. Volcanoes spewed lava and carbon dioxide. The thick, ...

YW9 and 2024 PT5, will pass close to Earth on January 9, 2025. NASA confirms they are not a threat. The asteroids have been ...

According to a new study, the carbon atoms that form part of all life on Earth may have traveled outside the galaxy first.

The prospect of “space water wars” is nearer, timewise, than the prospect of providing clean drinking water to everyone in ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has issued a warning that two giant asteroids are set to have a close ...

NASA has identified two asteroids, 2024 YH and 2024 YD3, set to approach Earth on December 26. Though these "near misses" will pass millions of miles away, they offer scientists an opportunity to ...

According to NASA's Eyes on Asteroids tool, 2024 NX1 has an average estimated diameter of 47.42 metres. As of 10.15am this morning, the asteroid is 1.51 astronimic units away from Earth.

“Asteroids this size likely formed from collisions between larger ones in the main belt and are likely to drift towards the vicinity of Earth and the Sun.” Insights from this research could ...

While asteroids are devoid of ice because they orbit ... But dark comets that are near-Earth objects could be found in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and they ...

The JWST wasn’t designed to spot undiscovered asteroids; it’s more of a sniper’s scope used to get a close-up look at curious objects extremely far from Earth. “The average exoplanet ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery of a large number of new asteroids located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. This finding was reported in a study published on December 9, 2024 ...

138 new asteroids found in the main belt by JWST Some of the newly discovered asteroids are on paths towards Earth JWST’s infrared capabilities reveal small asteroids never detected befo ...