Asteroids are remnants of the formation of our solar system, and while many can be found within the asteroid belt between the ...

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The asteroid, named 2024 WF5, will come over twice as close to us as the moon, at a distance of around 104,000 miles.

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WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

The mission focused on identifying and studying small objects in our solar system like asteroids and comets, also known as ...

While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech ...

Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

Philae's historic landing on Comet 67P in 2014 provided crucial data on the comet's surface and internal composition, despite technical setbacks. The mission revealed organic molecules and temperature ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

I enjoy marking day’s end, beginning of nighttime, with a glance to the dazzling white Evening Star low in the ...