An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will safely pass Earth on Dec. 4, 2024. It's classed as a “potentially ...

A building-sized asteroid will coincidentally fly by Earth during September’s supermoon and partial lunar eclipse early ...

Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and ...

For now, it's classified as an asteroid. DECEMBER STARGAZING GUIDE ... the best time to start looking for Geminids is after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to NASA.

An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to zip past our planet on Wednesday, coming closer to us than the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance ...

Asteroid 2006 WB will zoom by Earth on Tuesday, and astronomers say it’s one of nearly 40,000 near-Earth objects (NEO), which is not even the most exciting. Lowell Observatory astronomer and ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent impact monitoring systems during its approach to our planet. However ...

A "bus-sized" asteroid being tracked by NASA will zoom safely past the Earth on Wednesday as both celestial objects make a close approach while orbiting around the sun. The space rock, known as ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

A so-called “mini moon” that’s been orbiting Earth for the last couple of months is about to disappear off into our solar system again.

Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But a second asteroid struck during that same era at the Nadir crater off ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of ...