Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

What happens if a large asteroid or comet hits Earth? And what are the chances something like Oumuamua or Bennu could ...

The second asteroid, 2007 UT3, measures about 73 feet in size ... was identified by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi on the night of January 1, 1801. It was named Ceres, after the Roman goddess of ...

Piazzi named it Ceres, after the goddess ... them was approximately 1.1 kilometres and Dimorphos' orbital period was 11 hours 55 minutes. The controlled impact of NASA's DART spacecraft on 26 ...

In that night, nearly a hundred years after the discovery of the first asteroid (in the ... gap failed until January 1, 1801, when Piazzi discovered the small planet Ceres, the orbit of which ...

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. Recent discoveries could reshape our understanding of this mysterious celestial object. Computer simulations suggest ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

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When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

Apophis is currently 1.97 astronomical units from Earth—or about twice as far from Earth as our planet is from the Sun. But in April 2029, the asteroid will swing right by our planet ...