Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

NASA is tracking a plane-sized asteroid known as 2025 XM as it hurtles toward Earth’s neighborhood at roughly 9,753 miles per ...

A surprising discovery has been unveiled by astronomers as they have categorized the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid.The recent ...

According to NASA, an asteroid is labelled "potentially hazardous" based on a combination of factors: its size and how close ...

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events highlight the dynamic sola ...

Apophis was first discovered in 2004, and initial calculations suggested a small chance of collision with Earth in 2029. Over the years, astronomers have refined their models, and as of now, they have ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

An asteroid that was about 100 feet wide, named 2025 QV9, made a close but safe flyby of Earth on Sunday, 7 September. Experts got to witness a thrilling but non-threatening celestial event. QV9, ...

An asteroid the size of a commercial airplane will skim past our planet on Wednesday, September 3. Asteroid 2025 QD8 has no chance of hitting Earth, but its brief proximity will allow scientists (and ...

On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can watch them both live.

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: asteroids that share Venus’s orbit and may ...

The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.