The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

Asteroids don’t always need to head straight for Earth to draw global attention. The case of asteroid 2024 YR4 is proving ...

An asteroid, 2025 MA90, roughly the size of a building, is set to safely fly by Earth, capturing global scientific attention.

The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other ...

NASA has identified a 210-foot, airplane-sized asteroid approaching Earth today, although scientists assure it will not ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Asteroid 2025 MA90 is set to fly past the Earth on Tuesday, July 15. With an estimated diameter of 88.8 meters, that comes out to around 145 Elmos, thanks to measurements taken by Drew Brees. An ...

An asteroid is labelled risky if it comes within 7.4 million kilometres and measures more than 85 metres across.

NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in ...