A newly discovered space rock will zoom safely by Earth later today (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

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The first incident occurred on Oct. 1, when a small asteroid designated 2025 TF slipped past Earth at an altitude of just 266 ...

Passing at an altitude of just 265 miles (428 kilometres), the asteroid came closer to the Earth's surface than the orbit of ...

This is a similar altitude to the orbit of the International Space Station, and one of the closest approaches ever recorded,” ...

A small asteroid flew 266 miles over Antarctica. It was too small to pose a threat, but objects of that size can produce fireballs.

A paper from NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon should ...

Can NASA nuke an asteroid? It has plans to do so with asteroid 2024 YR4, which is predicted to crash into our Moon in 2032.

Fictional depiction of what blowing up the asteroid could look like. AI-generated image. A city-block-sized asteroid named 2024 YR4 is hurtling through space, and it has our Moon in its sights.

Let's bomb space: First discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 is drawing growing attention from the international space community. Scientists are now exploring options to address this ...