Asteroid 2024 XN1 is a prime example of a near-Earth object that astronomers carefully monitor for insights into the behavior of space rocks. The asteroid’s characteristics are impressive and ...

Dubbed 2024 XN1, the space rock will be jetting by us at a distance of 4.48 million miles from Earth when it makes its closest approach just before 10 pm, per the space org’s Asteroid Watch ...

NASA described this 1,100-foot-across space devil as a “near-Earth object” — one which amassed “notoriety…when astronomers predicted that it would come uncomfortably close in 2029.” ...

The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. The space rock, measuring ...

NASA is expecting several interplanetary visitors to Earth's outer space neighborhood. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is keeping a close eye on five asteroids heading our way.

"As a kid, I used to stare at a blank white space at the bottom of a world map and wonder what's out there. "Curiosity eventually took me across the continent and to the southern most tip of Earth ...

When a massive asteroid whizzes just past Earth in a few years − at a distance 10 times closer than the moon − a space mission will ... asteroid's size coming so near Earth is exceptionally ...

Credit: CNSA HELSINKI — China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid next year, an official with the country’s space agency said Tuesday. Tianwen-2 is scheduled to ...