Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

A new climate modeling study presents a new scenario of how climate and life on our planet would change in response to a potential future strike of a medium-sized (~500 m) asteroid.

The car, initially thought to be an asteroid, was later identified ... highlighting the need for improved space debris tracking. A newly discovered near-Earth object has caused ruckus amongst ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

NASA and the ESA regularly track thousands of near-Earth asteroids, but depending on the size, they are not always easy to spot. But improvements in asteroid survey technology, and future asteroid ...

AstroForge's Odin satellite is headed to a near-Earth asteroid that was secret for a ... which is close enough to be catalogued for safety tracking. More cases like that can impact astronomers ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is big ... Virkki used radar to track near Earth objects at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico until the 900-ton equipment platform above the main radio telescope ...

Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid — only to realize ... are required to accurately track their products in orbit around Earth ...