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An asteroid the size of a bus will fly near Earth on Feb. 22 — but don't worry (video)
A newfound asteroid the size of a bus will zoom close by Earth on Thursday (Feb. 22), but it shouldn't pose a threat to our planet.
An asteroid will hit Earth at some point. What can we do about it?
Any day now, it could happen: We could detect an asteroid on an Earth-crossing trajectory. It might be tomorrow; it might be a thousand years from now. So what can we do about it?
Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever
Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of water in our solar system.
A tiny asteroid just snuck between the Earth and moon
A newly discovered asteroid has passed safely between the Earth and moon during a very close encounter this week.
Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.
Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare meteorites as old as the solar system itself
When asteroid 2024 BX1 exploded over Earth it littered the planet with rare meteorites that are similar in composition to the unspoiled building blocks of our planet.
1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world'
Space.com caught up with two leading scientists now engaged in extracting and analyzing samples of asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission.
Huge stadium-size asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth for centuries today (Feb. 2)
A "potentially hazardous" space rock the size of a football stadium is about to reach its closest point to our planet for more than 100 years, and it won't get this close to us again for centuries more.
