Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.
A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...
Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...
Space is bustling with rocks and dust, and occasionally, larger asteroids capture public attention. One such asteroid, 2023 ...
A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...
Scientists warn that certain asteroids could become more dangerous upon entering Earth, potentially complicating asteroid ...
In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid that will shadow Earth’s orbit for more than a century before being pulled away by the sun’s gravity, according ...
JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...
Astronomers discovered a "quasi-satellite" of Earth, also known as a "quasi-moon," dubbed 2025 PN7 in 2025. NASA told Snopes ...
NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...