At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

For now, it's zooming away from Earth, and its next close pass will not come until 2028. Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and ...

On Apr. 13, 2029, Apophis will pass within 19,400 miles (31,200 km) of Earth — closer than geostationary satellites and the closest known approach of an asteroid of its size. Although ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...

Asteroid 2025 CQ, about the size of a 15-story building, is expected to pass near Earth on February 5, 2025. Measuring 150 feet in width, it will travel at a speed of 60,898 kilometers per hour.

per the International Asteroid Warning Network‘s charter. Those agencies have for years been constructing a planetary defense system to combat near-Earth asteroids, or any objects that pass ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about ... of the asteroid might drop the impact probability down to zero. “Most likely this one will pass by harmlessly,” Colin ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...