Scientists believe they’re the leftovers from the solar system’s formation 4.6 billion years ago. There are so many asteroids ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
The asteroid was officially confirmed by NASA as a “Provisional Discovery of a Main Belt Asteroid,” and now, Malik will have the honor of assigning it a permanent name. This confirmation ...
They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and can end up all over the place — like this one.How do scientists track potentially dangerous asteroids?A telescope in Chile discovered the asteroid ...
There are so many asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter — millions of them — that this region is known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and can end up ...