NASA has been tracking a giant asteroid, about the size of a stadium, that is set to pass very close to Earth this week.

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

Asteroid 2024 BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned asteroid samples, enabling a vast observation campaign that provided new insights into ...

Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...

While it is expected that the second moon will shoot out on the day of Thanksgiving, it is expected that it will not be ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will safely pass Earth on Dec. 4, 2024. It's classed as a “potentially ...

Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about a mission to Psyche, the largest ...

Asteroids are remnants of the formation of our solar system, and while many can be found within the asteroid belt between the ...

Geminid meteors will compete with the full moon, but they could light up December skies. Here's a look at what to know.

A meteor that exploded in a spectacular fireball over Niagara Falls in 2022 was the smallest asteroid ever measured, a new ...

Asteroid 2022 WJ1 made first and final contact with our planet on November 19, 2022. It is now estimated to be an S-chondrite ...