The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to the space agency.

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some problems for our planet.

NASA is monitoring a house-sized asteroid that will pass near Earth on August 16 at a speed of approximately 17,717 miles per hour. The asteroid, designated 2025 PR1, measures about 55 feet across and ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...

The asteroid will pass by Friday and Saturday on a track that scientists suggest is slightly less than half the average distance to the moon from Earth — which is still 174,650 kilometers, or ...

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...

An impact with Earth would cause a massive explosion and impact crater, astronomers say. The asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27, 2024.

On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...

NASA is planning to test a way to bump an asteroid off its orbit. Residents of planet Earth fret not -- a 1,000-foot asteroid whizzing by our precious planet this weekend won't even come close to ...