Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

But Not Too Close NASA has confirmed the approach of asteroid 2019 NW5. The space rock is expected to fly past Earth on 9 ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 MN88, measuring about 65 feet wide, will make its closest approach on 6 July.

Measuring approximately 120 feet in width, the asteroid will fly by at a velocity of 31,204 km/h, maintaining a safe distance ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving multiple flybys of asteroid Apophis with a swarm of cubesats when the rocky ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

Space brings threat and opportunity in equal measure, but knowledge is power, says renowned astrophysicist ahead of 10th ...

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observations. While a moon impact wouldn't significantly alter ...

Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

On that fateful day, an asteroid detonated above the remote Siberian wilderness in Russia, unleashing a force equivalent to 185 atomic bombs dropped on Japan's Hiroshima. The blast leveled ...

One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...