NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

The asteroid, dubbed 2002 JX8, makes close approaches to both Earth and Venus relatively often, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion ... 2002 JX8 again on April 15, 2027. The asteroid is much ...

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

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in just a few hours. The gigantic space rock, which NASA compares to the size of a ...

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.

Here's what to know: YR4's probability of impacting Earth first began to fall last Wednesday when NASA ... any chance of hitting Earth anytime soon. Initial projections gave the asteroid little ...

By late February, experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had analyzed new data submitted by astronomers worldwide. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and other agencies are studying a large asteroid that was discovered in 2024. While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven ...

The newly discovered space rock, called asteroid 2025 KF, was spotted on Monday (May 19) by astronomers at the MAP project in ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made the Earth ... Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from ...

Values less than -2 suggest no likely consequences, while values between -2 and 0 require careful monitoring, according to NASA ... place is asteroid 2008 JL3, an 50-metre-wide asteroid with an even ...