Asteroid mining seems simple in theory. A spacecraft flies up to a giant rock in space, scoops out some material, and either processes it on site or returns it back to a huge central processing ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

Using an instrument called HiPERCAM attached to the Gran Telescopio Canarias in La Palma, Spain, a team of researchers recently found that the near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB 5 is rotating once every ...

Asteroid 2022 RD2 is a near-Earth object that could become a temporary moon, then later a potential crash risk for the planet later this century. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration Scientists ...

Stargazers could be treated to a dazzling display at the end of May thanks to the remains of a shattered comet. The possible meteor shower, called the tau Heruclid, is forecast to peak on the night of ...

Asteroid 2022 EB5 was too small to pose a hazard to Earth, but its discovery marks the fifth time that any asteroid has been observed before impacting into the atmosphere. A small asteroid hit Earth’s ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is currently tracking a bus-sized asteroid set to zip past the ...

Sometimes you do a thing just to see what happens afterwards, such is the case of NASA's DART mission which launched a ...