For all its simplicity, the arcade classic Asteroids was engaging in the extreme, with the ping of the laser, the rumble of the rocket, the crash of crumbling space rocks, and that crazy warble ...

The vast majority of finds that the program has identified are represented by asteroids. These objects might be MBAs, near-Earth objects (NEOs), or trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). MBAs are ...

Three asteroids, 2018 XU3, 2024 XZ11, and 2024 XL11, will safely pass Earth on December 11, 2024. NASA scientists are monitoring these asteroids to study their size, composition, and behavior ...

‘Small’ asteroids the size of buses or stadiums have been pinpointed between Mars and Jupiter for the first time. Scientists used a new method of tracking the space rocks, which could one day ...

Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. A pair of asteroids are set to make close passes by the Earth this week, and both are unusually large for visitors to the ...

probably. Astronomers have almost found all the kilometer-sized ... [+] asteroids. There’s a little under 1,000 of them—and none of them will strike Earth in the next 1,000 years. When will an ...

NASA reports that two asteroids, 2024 YC9 and 2024 YL1, will safely pass by Earth on January 3, 2025. Asteroid 2024 YC9, the size of a house, will come closest at 1,310,000 kilometers away.