Ever since Bennu’s discovery in September 1999, astronomers have carefully tracked the asteroid’s orbit with ground-based telescopes, including Puerto Rico’s iconic but now lost Arecibo ...

Tianwen 2 is expected to reach Kamo'oalewa in July 2026, following engine burns to fine-tune its orbit. It will spend several months orbiting and studying the asteroid — which scientists think ...

Mosaic image of asteroid Eros (Getty Images) These hidden asteroids may also change their trajectories relative to Venus, bringing them closer to the Earth. While they do not pose any immediate ...

2008 DG5 is an Apollo asteroid, meaning it passes through Earth's orbit. It was spotted in 2008 by the Catalina Sky Survey, a component of NASA's Near Earth Object Observation Program, near Tucson ...

This particular asteroid completes an orbit around the sun every 514 Earth days. Discovered in 2008 by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, 2008 DG5 is a remarkable object in the sky due ...

Awesome 2022 Asteroid Alert: Elon Musk and NASA Warn Earth of Massive Impact Risk Posted: June 2, 2025 | Last updated: June 7, 2025 In 2022, both Elon Musk and NASA issued serious warnings about ...

And did you know that June 30 is International Asteroid Day? June 1– Crescent ... and is believed to be in a binary orbit with a much smaller object. This object is most likely a white dwarf ...

The Tianwen-2 probe, which was launched on Thursday, represents a "significant step in China’s new journey of interplanetary exploration". China launched a spacecraft that promises to return ...

But what makes an asteroid potentially hazardous to Earth? Well, 'a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (P⁢H⁢A) must have a minimum diameter of about 140 meters and come within 0.05 astronomical units (au) ...