The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. The asteroid, named ...

Astronaut Don Pettit took this stunning photo of a nearby comet from the International Space Station ...

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is keeping a close eye on an asteroid set to approach Earth on January 16, 2025. The ...

The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

Asteroid 887 Alinda has been classed as a Near Earth Asteroid and will be visible with the naked eye from this weekend ...

A massive asteroid, (887) Alinda, is set to make its closest approach to Earth in a century, providing a spectacular ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...