New Scientist

Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon

Asteroid 2026JH2 will zoom past Earth at a distance of only 90,000 kilometres next week. It has enough mass to wipe out a ...
China Daily

Chang’e 6 findings challenge theories on origins of Earth’s water

When asteroids struck the Earth-moon system, they devastated ancient landscapes, triggered global catastrophic events and ...
Bright Side on MSN

Three potentially hazardous asteroids may approach Earth this summer

This summer, three city-threatening asteroids could potentially approach Earth without warning. Research led by Valerio ...

NASA confirms a bus-sized asteroid will make a flyby from Earth on May 13—Is this dangerous?

A bus-sized asteroid named 2026 JA1 will safely pass Earth on May 13, 2026, at a distance of about 605,000 miles. NASA ...

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Is About To Fly Shockingly Close to Mars

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is using a daring close flyby of Mars to slingshot toward one of the solar system’s strangest ...

One graph attempts to connect every object in the universe

If you've ever taken an introductory astronomy class, you've probably seen the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram. This graph ...

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...
The Why Files on MSN

Nostradamus predictions - Earthquakes, asteroids, and famine

Nostradamus’ cryptic prophecies speak of famine, fire in the skies, and disasters that could shatter human civilization. Some ...
The Catholic Register

4 asteroids just got named for Pope Leo XIII, Vatican astronomers

The Vatican Observatory announced in an April 29 press release that an asteroid has been named in honour of Pope Leo XIII, who formally reestablished the observatory in 1891.

Two heavy asteroids to skim past Earth on 29 April confirmed by NASA—and scientists are not "alarmed"?

On April 29, 2026, two airplane-sized asteroids, 2026 HL3 and 2026 HP3, will safely pass Earth at 1.6 million and 3.68 ...

Mathematical framework solves asteroid route planning exactly for first time

A new publication from Bielefeld University sets a benchmark in optimization research. Together with an international team, Professor Michael Römer from the Faculty of Business Administration and ...