When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...

NEW YORK – A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth's atmosphere the same day, NASA said. The asteroid — about 3 feet (1 meter) ...

It's possible small fragments from the asteroid reached the ground, although it's currently unknown how much, or if any. "Lots of fragments at the end, it probably dropped some rocks in a remote ...

NEW YORK – A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth's atmosphere the same day, NASA said. The asteroid — about 3 feet (1 meter) ...

Small 'imminent impactor' asteroid targeting Earth expected to produce 'nice fireball' Measuring about 27 inches wide, the asteroid was expected to be harmless. Fernando Cervantes Jr.

Sept. 4 (UPI) --A small asteroid burned up after it entered the Earth's atmosphere Wednesday afternoon over the Philippines. It did not cause any harm to humans or infrastructure. The European ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance ...

NASA’s Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles (960 kilometers) to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles (4 kilometers) in length but much shorter in width.

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

There are still other forms that small asteroids can take on, such as the mysterious diamond shapes of Bennu and Ryugu; each looks like a pair of eroded pyramids glued together base-to-base.