The giraffe-sized asteroid flew over Antarctica unnoticed.

On March 21, 2021, an object the size of the Empire State Building—traveling at 77,000 miles per hour—passed within 1.25 ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is ...

The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

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From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...

CHICAGO -- A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small chance" of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046, ...