NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around 27 inches wide, the asteroid—temporarily designated C0WEPC5—was ...

The small asteroid, measuring about a metre across, did not pose a threat to life. It was the third space rock detected imminently before impacting the Earth this year, but only the tenth on record.

WASHINGTON: Bennu, a rocky object that is categorised as a near-Earth asteroid, is currently around 186,000 miles (299,000 km) distance from Earth, its closest. With a one in 2,700 possibility of ...

The kinetic energy of an asteroid is a proxy for how destructive ... and therefore the energy it would release if it strikes Earth’s surface or explodes in the atmosphere, is uncertain ...

A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night ... the space agency said on social media site X. Detected strikes are known as "imminent impactors" when they are discovered ...

Such an impact, if it occurred, would have the potential for city-level devastation, depending on where it strikes ... 300 feet wide. "An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few ...

An asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere Wednesday afternoon, but didn't pose any real danger. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the asteroid was only about three feet in size and struck ...

Isotopes in the fossils of tiny marine organisms that lived at the time suggest that Earth's climate did not swerve in the 150,000 years following the asteroid strikes, according to the new study.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 ...