The asteroid, known as 387746 (2003 MH4), is enormous. It measures around 335 metres wide, or 1,100 feet. That’s roughly the size of a 100-storey skyscraper.

One of them is now in the spotlight as it makes its way near Earth. NASA has reported that asteroid 2025 KX8 is approaching Earth. The object will make its closest pass on 4 June. Measuring around ...

An asteroid named 2025 JR, measuring 250 feet across and moving at 40,800 km/h, will make its closest approach to Earth on ...

This advancement of early warning systems, planetary defense missions, and even technology to deflect an asteroid is global. NASA's DART mission-Double Asteroid Redirection Test, for example ...

With a rumbling wave up to a third of a mile high, thundering across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour, the sheer ...

Scientists are closely watching its path. This asteroid is classified as potentially hazardous due to its size and proximity. NASA and other agencies are tracking it using telescopes and radar.

NASA successfully crashed the DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos in a one-way mission to redirect its orbit as part of a planetary defense test on Monday night. The DART was used as a ...

But while YR4 was eventually ruled out as a threat during its flyby in 2032, the asteroid passing Earth on Friday, May 9, never posed any danger to begin with. The gigantic space rock, which NASA ...

( NewsNation) — Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in just a few hours. The gigantic space rock, which NASA compares to the size of a ...

BOULDER, Colorado — Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by its celestial destination — the main belt asteroid named Donaldjohanson.