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This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a ...

Newly-built planet-finding instrument installed on Very Large Telescope, Chile, begins 100-hour observation of nearby stars Alpha Centauri A and B, aiming to be first to directly image a habitable ...

"Over the past thousand years, the asteroid has passed through a particularly intense swarm that has profoundly altered the chemical properties of its surface." When you purchase through links on our ...

Researchers have found that Earth’s gravity will actively reshape the asteroid Apophis during its 2029 flyby, altering its spin and disturbing its surface in measurable ways. That close pass turns a ...

Houston, we may have a problem! A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth — and will come closer to our planet than any other rocks of its size in human history. The asteroid, named ...