One of the asteroids will come as close as within 120,000 miles from the Earth, soaring past at over 41,000 miles per hour.

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within one-third of the Earth-moon distance.

NASA's planetary defense initiatives, particularly the NEO Surveyor mission designed to detect hazardous asteroids, face ...

Astronomers say a massive green energy project in Chile could compromise one of Earth's best chances to detect dangerous ...

Around 13.8 billion years ago, a tiny but dense fireball gave birth to the vast cosmos that holds trillions of galaxies, ...

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, ...

The work that we’re doing is really important because warning time is everything,” says Danica Remy of the B612 Foundation in ...

Watch a stadium-size asteroid pass Earth today — and learn why this one isn’t 2024 YR4, the asteroid that had scientists and ...

Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of asteroid 2024 YR4, which became infamous earlier ...

Trending today: Victor attempts (despite Aaron’s machinations) to take a deep dive into YR4, the asteroid that scientists feared had a chance of hitting Earth in 2032. (Don’t worry ...

The European Space Agency has identified another asteroid as a potential collision risk for Earth, placing it in the top three hazards for the planet. 2025 FA22 is 656 feet or 200 meters in ...

Earlier this year in February, updated data from the CNEOS showed the Earth impact probability of the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" in 2032 was at 3.1 percent, which was "the highest impact ...