An asteroid around the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earth’s atmosphere, and while it wasn’t dangerous, it marked the fifth time in history an asteroid was detected ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December 24th at a speed of 14,743 miles ...

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass by the Earth on Christmas.

Asteroid 2024 XN1, a space rock the size of about a 10-story building, is fast approaching planet Earth with a velocity of 14,743 miles per hour, or 23726.5 kilometers per hour.

XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...

In September 2022, the Nasa Dart mission hit the small asteroid moon Dimorphos and changed its trajectory, as the first test of “kinetic impactor” technology designed to deflect asteroids.

A celestial event is set to capture scientific attention as asteroid 2024 YC9 approaches Earth. NASA has confirmed the asteroid’s close pass on 3 January, offering a valuable opportunity for ...

For example, if an iron asteroid that was roughly 1,100 feet wide hit Central Park in New York City traveling at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour, an estimated 222,009 people would be killed in ...

According to several preliminary reports, the asteroid posed no danger to the planet and its inhabitants, although it did not go unnoticed by the dazzling light event in the skies over Eastern ...