Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...

While the James Webb Space Telescope provides a window into the ancient universe, SkyMapper focuses on the present by ...

A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...

A company called Reflect Orbital wants to illuminate the Earth after sunset with orbital sky mirrors, raising alarm bells.

Big asteroid heading for Earth, cue the dramatic music. Well, it’s not just Hollywood stuff. Scientists are constantly ...

I/ATLAS is a newly detected interstellar object that entered the solar system from outside our stellar neighborhood, ...

Every year, the MIT Technology Review publishes a list of 10 breakthroughs poised to take off in the coming year. Amy Nordrum, executive editor of operations there, talks through this year's entries.

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 ...

A January 2026 Earth–Sun alignment allows measurements of the opposition surge from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS using ...

Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...