An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

NASA says an asteroid twice as big as the Empire State Building is projected to pass by Earth sometime next week. According to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid, named 7482 ...

NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...