Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Space enthusiasts are tracking Asteroid 2025 MM. It is airplane-sized. It will safely pass by Earth this week. The asteroid ...

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

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

NASA has identified 2025 MM as part of the Aten group, a family of asteroids that regularly cross Earth’s orbital path.

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 — and included a special ...

NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Currently, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is too far away to observe with space or ground-based telescopes. NASA expects to make more ...