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

Belfast astronomer at ground control on mission to stop asteroid strike on Earth - Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s ...

An asteroid struck Earth on Tuesday, Dec. 3 ... fragment exploded about six miles (120 kilometers) above Siberia, destroying 830 square miles (2,150 square kilometers) of forest.

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 ...

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 ...

At roughly the size of a large stadium — or several million elephants, according to ChatGPT — 2020 XR is more than capable of destroying one of our Earth cities, should the asteroid ever ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A new study from Sandia National Laboratories focuses on how X-rays from a nuclear explosion could impact an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. The studies show that these X-rays might ...