As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

PN7 has been a mysterious space traveler, shadowing our planet for decades undetected in our vast celestial world, until now.

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to not only land on and launch from an asteroid (Itokawa), but successfully ...

After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space rock from hitting the moon — by blowing it up with nukes.

Almost a year ago, the space science community watched as an asteroid entered Earth's orbit and circled above our heads for almost two months before departing. Scientists usually track such asteroids ...

A GIANT asteroid that risks crashing into the Moon could be nuked before it makes impact. Scientists are looking into the possibility of destroying the so-called “city-killer” asteroid ...

Another asteroid zoomed near Earth's vicinity the next day. An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, zoomed over ...

Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable time capsules in the solar system. A recent study of microscopic grains collected from Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft ...