Asteroid 2024 YR4, a celestial body roughly the size of a small building, has captured global attention due to its potential ...

In April 2029, Apophis is predicted by NASA to come within 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of the Earth's surface. Closer ...

Apophis was first discovered in 2004, and appeared that it could potentially impact earth in 2029, 2036, or 2068 ...

A newly discovered asteroid just whizzed past Earth, marking the second-closest asteroid flyby on record, astronomers say. The asteroid flew over Antarctica just before 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 30, about ...

An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to the European Space Agency, but some scientists are suggesting it could ...

The celestial object is what scientists call a quasi-moon — an asteroid that orbits the sun but appears to move alongside ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

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.

Diagram showing the orbit of 2014 KH39. Yellow shows the portion of its orbit above the plane of Earth's orbit (grey disk); blue is below the plane. When farthest, the asteroid travels beyond Mars ...