NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's hurtling through space at around 14,000 miles per hour. Measuring about 42 feet in ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

The asteroid, named 2022 BF2, orbits the Earth about every three years, and its next close ... are asteroids that can cross into Earth’s orbit. NASA has taken the threat of an asteroid coming ...

On Tuesday, three “airplane” sized asteroids will be ... asteroid could one day impact Earth when it makes an “uncomfortably” tight flyby in 2029 — close enough that people can see ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind ...

A new paper by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirms that in 2030, the country plans ... develop a way of protecting the Earth from rogue asteroids is one of the more benign ...

In a rare stroke of celestial coincidence, two lumpy asteroids – one that could destroy a city, the other big enough to wipe out the planet – are zooming by Earth, close enough to excite ...

For comparison, the Moon is about 238,855 miles from Earth, but in space, distances are all relative. This near-miss was one of two close encounters Earth had with asteroids recently. In a ...

NASA is tracking two bus-sized asteroids in the vicinity ... over 24,000 miles per hour this morning, coming as close as within 306,000 miles from the Earth, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion ...