An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at ...

No one spotted the asteroid as it approached. Astronomers caught it only a few hours after ... April 2087. Just a day later, another small asteroid - called 2025 TQ2 - slipped by the Earth as well.

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

The Paris-based European Space Agency says a near 10-foot-wide asteroid passed Earth 265 miles above Antarctica but was not detected until hours after it was gone.

Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now ...

Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...

A small asteroid flew 266 miles over Antarctica. It was too small to pose a threat, but objects of that size can produce fireballs.

An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, zoomed over Antarctica at a distance of just 265 miles above the Earth's ...