China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...

The deep-space mission is heading for Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid that might be a piece of the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Precisely four years from today — on Friday, April 13, 2029 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. This artistic rendition of an asteroid approaching Earth is exactly ...

A little less than four years from now, a killer asteroid will narrowly fly past planet Earth. This will be a celestial event visible around the world—for a few weeks, Apophis will shine among the ...

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 ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...

After YR4 was first discovered in late-2024, its odds of impact with Earth briefly rose to historically high levels before it was eventually ruled out as a threat during an upcoming flyby. Because the ...