Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above ...
The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...
Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These 11-million-year-old glass fragments differ chemically and geographically ...
Earth was grazed by a tiny asteroid last week, which passed about as close as the International Space Station (ISS).
An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...
A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...
The first incident occurred on Oct. 1, when a small asteroid designated 2025 TF slipped past Earth at an altitude of just 266 ...
"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, ...
An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is 520 feet across. On a cosmic scale, it will ...
On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...
An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032 – and scientists are weighing how best to deal with it.