Apophis is set to fly past the Earth on April 13, 2029, and return every few years into the distant future. But scientists ...

Scientists believe the cosmic projectile, named after an ancient Egyptian demon, could come very close to our planet on this ...

On December 3, a tiny asteroid just 68 centimeters in size known as COWECP5 entered Earth's atmosphere, according to information from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). This caught the ...

This event will also marks the fourth asteroid to hit Earth's atmosphere this year. The NASA-funded Kitt Peak National Observatory, a project that tracks near-Earth objects, also spotted the ...

An asteroid detected just hours before impact with Earth burned ... our way,” NASA said. Smaller rocks, like the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia in 2013, will hit our planet ...

Astronomers are keeping an eye on asteroid 2024 XU9. This 110-foot space rock will pass Earth on 14 December 2024 ... Advanced Technology in Planetary Defence NASA uses advanced tools to track ...

Another asteroid, known as 2020 XR, was due to fly by Earth Wednesday, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Estimated to be about the size of a football stadium, the 1,200-foot ...

An asteroid was pegged to hit Earth “imminently,” according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Fortunately, this one wasn’t big enough to land a team of deep-core dril ...

because it isn't going to hit the Earth. Current NASA estimates say asteroid 2024 YP will be flying as close as around 990,000 kilometers from the Earth. In the grand scheme of things, this is ...

An asteroid detected just hours before impact with Earth burned up in a spectacular fireball over Russia last night. It’s the fourth asteroid to have been detected within just hours before hitting ...