The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

That's good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side untouched by that impact and containing older rocks in original condition ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Asteroid 2025 CQ set to pass near Earth on February 5 ... Of these, while many are considered harmless, several could potentially hit our planet at least one of them big and big enough-more than 460 ...

An automated telescope in Chile has spotted a 100 metre-wide asteroid that scientists say could collide with Earth in the year 2032. The possibility, they say, is 1.3%. Still, that's enough to have ...

The asteroid was first spotted in late December. (Getty/Stock image) ...

“60 miles is hard, but not as hard as breast cancer.” That’s the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk slogan. Every big birthday I sign up for a physical challenge to remind me I’ve still got i ...

It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small ... A "dinosaur-killing" impact from a rock perhaps a half-mile across or larger happens on 100-million-year timescales.

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a 1% ...

The asteroid is estimated to measure 40 metres (131 feet) and 100 metres (328 feet) wide, which is between the length of a Boeing 747 or the height of Big Ben ... 27 million miles away and ...