Deflecting asteroids by running spaceships into them may sound like science fiction, but it's quite real. And it's quite a ...

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

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.

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

NASA confirms four asteroids, ranging from car- to house-sized, will pass Earth safely on 13–14 October 2025, posing no ...

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 estimated that the asteroid came as close as 428km (265 miles) to Earth’s surface. "This is a similar altitude to the orbit of the International Space Station, and one of the closest ...

An asteroid about the size of a small building zoomed past Earth unnoticed by astronomers last week, coming as close to the Earth’s surface as the International Space Station, according to the ...