Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Asteroid 2025 OL1, about the size of a small plane, will safely pass Earth on July 30, 2025, at a distance of 1.29 million ...

Earth has been cleared of an impact with the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, but there are still risks to the planet ...

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NASA tracks asteroid 2025 OL1, set to pass Earth on July 30, 2025 at a speed of 16,900 mph. Despite its proximity, scientists assure it poses no threat.

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks and preview what's coming in 2029.

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

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view,” the ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home.

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