Tianwen-2 asteroid orbit insertion at quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa is set for June 7, days away, after amateur radio teams in ...
An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.
The asteroid was discovered on May 10 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey, an astronomical project based in Arizona’s ...
China's Tianwen-2 sample-return mission is well on its way to its target, an asteroid called Kamo'oalewa. The spacecraft left Earth in May 2025 and should return in late 2027 with samples of a space ...
The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers a rare and dramatic close flyby.
The 27-feet space rock is zooming past Earth at a whopping 45,522 mph.
Astronomers were busy in 2025, starting the year off by tracking an asteroid that put Earth on alert, followed by discoveries in deep space that could lead to the discovery of millions of stars and ...
From astronauts circling the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration. Governments and private companies alike are ...