Last month, the Earth's atmosphere was bombarded by a small, boulder-sized asteroid just hours after it had first been detected, having evaded early impact monitoring systems. The object ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface. When you ...

Both would ultimately change the surface structure of the four-billion-year-old asteroid. Apophis, set for the flyby on April 13, 2029, is a 'city-killer' space rock the size of the Empire State ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

A "bus-sized" asteroid being tracked by NASA will zoom safely past the Earth on Wednesday as both celestial objects make a close approach while orbiting around the sun. The space rock, known as ...

The first near-Earth asteroid which is the smallest of the group at around 100 feet across, came within 3.4 million miles of us. The latter, a 170-foot-wide boulder, reached within 2.9 million miles.

These four rock stars are embarking on a world tour. NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one of four “hazardous” space rocks to ...

The films of Wes Anderson are from the qualities we’d associate with ‘old Hollywood’, with a strikingly modern visual style, eccentric characters and overwhelming perfectionism in the smallest of ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial ... In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept.

In 2017, Wally Koval and his partner, Amanda Koval, created the popular Instagram account Accidentally Wes Anderson while living in a 700-square-foot New York City apartment as a way to chronicle ...

A city-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth this October and it is set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 Ganymed, it is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids with a ...