While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

A Belfast-based astronomer has said a planetary defence mission with which he is involved will help scientists gather new ...

A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region. The space rock ...

NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December ...

The MailOnline reports the asteroid will go past Earth at a speed of a whopping 14,743 mph. However, you don't need to be ...

A completely harmless and tiny asteroid was detected early on a collision course with Earth on Tuesday. Measuring about 27 inches wide, the asteroid was detected by astronomers at the Kitt Peak ...

An asteroid was pegged to hit Earth “imminently,” according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Fortunately, this one wasn’t big enough to land a team of deep-core dril ...

An asteroid detected just hours before impact with Earth burned up in a spectacular fireball over Russia last night. It’s the fourth asteroid to have been detected within just hours before ...

The asteroid entered the atmosphere Tuesday morning in northeastern Siberia. A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth.

More ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS / ESA "Asteroid #C0WEPC5 (temporary designation) entered Earth's atmosphere at 16:15 UTC/17:15 CET, creating a fireball over Yakutia witnessed by people in the ...

The impact prediction was made by the Scout system at NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). At 11:14am EST, a very small (#asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a ...

Prof Fitzsimmons said while most large asteroids have now been discovered by astronomers, there is still a risk to Earth from ...