A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

An asteroid about the size of a small building zoomed past Earth unnoticed by astronomers last week, coming as close to the ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its ...

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

As Earth passes through the densest part of debris from the famed Halley's comet, the Orionid meteor shower will hit its ...

An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

A small asteroid flew 266 miles over Antarctica. It was too small to pose a threat, but objects of that size can produce fireballs.

The asteroid is projected to come within 865,000 miles of Earth—nearly five times closer than the orbit of the moon.

An asteroid recently made the second closest pass to Earth ever observed on October 1st. And astronomers only found it after ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...