Scientists Recognize First Trapped Asteroid Intruder
The 2015 BZ509 asteroid orbits the sun in the opposite direction to everything else in the solar system.
Asteroid Set to Skim Past Earth Tuesday
The asteroid was mysteriously "lost" to astronomers for a number of years.
Bizarre Asteroid Exiled to Edge of Solar System Spotted
In order to identify what 2004 EW95 was made of, the team studied the light reflected off of it.
This Asteroid Skimmed Past Earth Hours After Detection
The asteroid is up to five times the size of the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013.
How to See 1600 Ft Asteroid 2017 VR12 Skim Past Earth
You might be able to catch a glimpse from your own backyard.
An Asteroid Up To 1600ft Wide Is About To Pass By Earth
It will approach our planet at about four miles per second.
2018 DV1 Asteroid Will Fly By Earth On Friday
Thankfully, the asteroid is so tiny NASA won't even consider it potentially hazardous.
Sun and Jupiter Can Trap Alien Rocks in Solar System
There could be thousands of rocks from distant solar systems just killing time in our neighborhood.
No, 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Won't Kill Us All
But don't worry, NASA says it has zero chance of colliding with Earth.
Scientists Will Watch This Giant Asteroid Fly by Earth
"The telescope is kind of like a great big flashlight where you're turning it on and turning it off."
Trump Is 'Asteroid of Awfulness': U.K. Politician
Shadow First Secretary of State Emily Thornberry said Trump was a racist.
Life in the Solar System Likely Exists
New technology and new missions are making it more likely every day we'll finally spot life beyond Earth.
Meteorites From Giant Asteroids May Have Started Life
The meteorites may have come from a potentially habitable asteroid.
Mystery Meteorite Points to Huge Undiscovered Asteroid
They expected it to be like a bunch of other meteorites they'd seen—and stumbled on a puzzle instead.
Where did 'Oumuamua actually come from?
Scientists still don't know if it is an alien megastructure, an asteroid, or something else entirely.
Record-Breaking 2,000 Asteroids Near Earth ID'd in 2017
Thanks to incredible scientific technology, we're spotting more and more asteroids every year.
Spooky Skull-Shaped Asteroid Will Haunt Earth in 2018
It's dark, it looks like a skull and it made its last close approach on Halloween 2015. What is the universe trying to tell us?
Organic Coat Stops 'Oumuamua From Vaporizing
Its coat could be the key to the strange asteroid's origins.
Strange Asteroid Probed for Alien Communication
Any unusual noise would signal something weird is happening, and the examination is not over.
Did E.T. Send Us Our First Interstellar Asteroid?
The object looks suspiciously like a space probe design humans are already considering sending to other solar systems.
How Our Atmosphere Effortlessly Shatters Incoming Rock
The secret is in the structure of asteroids, which look surprisingly like Swiss cheese.
NASA Set to Visit 150-Mile-Wide Lump of Metal
If Earth's formation hadn't gone quite right, the planet would look something like this.
This Giant Asteroid Will Once Again Swoop Near Earth
This giant asteroid is set to come a bit too close for comfort in mid-December.
Three Apocalypse Theories That Could Actually Happen
Nibiru is not going to destroy the world, and these three possibilities are not likely to either.
First Visitor From Beyond Our Solar System Has Origin
Scientists are cracking the secrets of this object, first spotted on October 19.
Dinosaur Asteroid Delivered Cancer-Killing Metals
Iridium-based compound combined with lasers found to kill cancer cells.
Asteroid Wiped Out Dinosaurs With Global Winter
Brrrr, it's cold in here, there must be 350 billion tons of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere.
First Object Seen Visiting From Another Solar System
Scientists aren't sure what it is or where it came from, but they're positive it's pretty weird.