When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...

NASA has alerted the public about asteroid 2003 AY2, a colossal 1,200-foot-wide rock expected to approach Earth on June 22, ...

Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

Previous predictions had found that Bennu will pass within 75,000 to 330,000 ... one viable follow-on target for OSIRIS-REx: the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which will make a close approach ...

New analyses have dramatically altered this outlook. The latest data suggests that the likelihood of the asteroid striking ...

There's only one Friday the 13th in 2025. That's good news for people who think it's bad luck. Why the fear? What to know about history, superstitions ...

This diagram illustrates the range of possible locations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 in yellow on Dec. 22, 2032. Credit: NASA / JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies Asteroid 2024 YR4 captured a lot ...

the asteroid will pass within 1.99 million kilometers (or roughly 1.24 million miles) of Earth. Although that sounds incredibly far, it's close astronomically speaking close enough to elicit ...

follow us follow us A giant asteroid, roughly the size of a 20-story building, is on course to make a close pass by Earth early this Saturday morning. Known as 2018 LE4, the space rock is racing ...