China's Tianwen-2 sample-return mission is well on its way to its target, an asteroid called Kamo'oalewa. The spacecraft left ...

Don’t look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is said to make a close call early next week, flying by Earth, but rather ...

An asteroid that may be as wide as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is tall will fly safely by Earth on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Bigger than 97% of asteroids, for such a large object to come ...

In this artistic conception, an asteroid passes near the Earth. Asteroids routinely make flybys of our planet, many much closer than 1994 PC1. Contrary to popular belief, the Earth doesn't pull them ...

When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that without launching nukes into space means getting creative. One day, in the ...

The names of human ancestors are now on an asteroid map. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The geological features of an oddly ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

A newly discovered asteroid passed alarmingly close to Earth this week, and for most people, it happened without them ever ...