NASA has issued an alert regarding a massive airplane-sized asteroid, 2019 NW5, expected to pass closely by Earth today.

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 NJ, measuring about 65 feet wide, will make its closest approach on 7 July.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 MV89, a 120-foot-wide space rock approximately the size of a small passenger aeroplane, ...

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 ...

Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

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

Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that has captured global attention due to its close approach predicted for the year 2029. Measuring approximately 340 meters in diameter, this space rock has ...

The asteroid’s combination of size, trajectory, and past uncertainties about its path made it a high priority for NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), which has tracked Apophis ...

Apophis, formally known as 99942 Apophis, is a near-Earth asteroid with an orbit that brings it within 1.3 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Since its discovery in 2004, it has ...