2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will make a safe approach to Earth soon.

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In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

The Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the presumed asteroid on January 2 - even giving it an official name of ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

On January 26, 2025, an asteroid called 2024 YY5 will fly by Earth, which has sparked interest in the scientific and space ...