NASA’s Psyche spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to gain speed on its journey toward a strange metal-rich asteroid deep in the ...

A newly discovered asteroid will pass within about 56,000 miles of Earth on Monday, significantly closer than the distance between Earth and the moon. There is no need to worry or cancel any plans, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.

This image provided by the NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU from the Psyche mission spacecraft shows Mars on Sunday, May 3, 2026. This image provided by the NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU from the Psyche mission spacecraft ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta Iran signals 'mass sacrifice' in 'high stakes' Saddam-era warning amid ...

This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth on March 11, 2022. It was discovered hour prior by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. Credit: Space.com | ...

Houston, we may have a problem! A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth — and will come closer to our planet than any other rocks of its size in human history. The asteroid, named ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...