The first asteroid, officially named (2025 OJ1), is estimated to be around 300 feet wide, while the second is 2019 CO1, sizable at around 200 feet.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, roughly the size of a 15-story building, has a slim chance of striking the Moon in 2032, potentially ...

The Moon, unlike Earth, lacks an atmosphere to absorb or deflect impact debris. A direct hit from YR4 could create a crater ...

These strange objects could explain how water arrived on Earth, but may also be a previously unrecognised threat to our ...

NASA has detected two large near-Earth asteroids, named 2025 OA3 and 2025 PA, both set to make their closest approach to our ...

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...

Learn about the plane-sized asteroid that will pass by Earth the week of July 28, 2025, and find out how astronauts can track ...

NASA has detected two near-Earth asteroids, named 2025 OA3 and 2025 PA. These space objects will make their closest approach on August 4.

Scientists are monitoring a recently discovered asteroid which could potentially hit the Moon - and calculating its likely ...

A graphic shows the range of possible locations of the asteroid in yellow on December 22, 2032. - NASA/JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies Hundreds to thousands of impacts from millimeter-size ...

An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of ...

A near-Earth object is an asteroid or comet on an orbit that brings it within 120 million miles (about 190 million kilometers) of the sun, which means it has the potential to pass near Earth ...