Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has been tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4 since it first came into view last year.

The huge asteroid is noted to be heading for the Moon, and the explosion could expel debris to impact Earth’s satellites and ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 will fly past Earth on June 27. At 7,600 feet across, it is larger than 99 percent of all known near-Earth objects, but it poses no risk to the planet and will pass by ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

The 950 ft asteroid 2002 JX8 will make a close pass to Earth on May 9, and stargazers can watch it unfold in real time via livestreamed telescope footage.

Chances of the space rock 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in December 2032 have been downgraded but debris could knock out ...

A potential lunar collision with asteroid 2024 YR4 could eject high-speed debris toward Earth, endangering our satellite ...

An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets. As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some ...

Smaller objects shoot past Earth all the time, according to asteroid expert Davide Farnocchia with NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Asteroids the size of this latest one fly by about ...