Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2025 MM is approaching. The asteroid measures nearly 120 feet across—about the size of a small ...

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

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

"The United Nations declaration of June 30 as Asteroid Day is a very important milestone for us," Asteroid Day co-founder ...

NASA says the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, which could see global communications come to a complete ...

Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact ...

The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...

No expense was spared in transporting the precious asteroid cargo to Houston. At the Utah Test and Training Range, workers prepare to transfer the sample-return capsule from a truck to a Boeing C-17 ...

Could New York face an asteroid threat in our lifetime? Scientists explain potential impact scenarios, emergency preparedness ...