A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, ...

Initially flagged as a potential Earth threat, asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot space rock, is now predicted to potentially ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

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

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

An asteroid the size of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is speeding toward Earth and will make its closest pass on Monday, July 28.

Officially known as 2025 OW, the asteroid is reportedly 220 feet big. According to NASA's schedule, it will pass Earth on ...

The asteroid is back in the news, after rumors of it now heading for the Moon surfaced. It turns out they aren't only rumors, and the thing has an even higher chance of hitting Luna than it did Earth.

A draft scientific paper has proposed that the object, 3I/ATLAS, might be alien technology and could make a surprise attack ...

Now, the Earth approaching asteroid has a new target. A small chance exists that it will hit the moon in 2032. The prospect presents new dangers, though not as great as the destruction of a city.

NASA announced on Wednesday (July 23) that the space rock is likely to pass close to our planet on Monday (July 28).

NASA has reported that two large asteroids, 2025 OU1 and 2025 OX, will approach Earth on July 26, 2025. Asteroid 2025 OU1, measuring about 140 feet wide, will pass at approximately 2.68 million ...