An airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's ...

A 10-story building-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles.

NASA has said that an asteroid larger than 131 feet could cause significant damage to Earth, f it were to make impact.

The new year starts off with a meteor shower before January's moon cycle begins. Here's what you need to know.

This asteroid, named 2024 XA1, is only the 11th object we have ever managed to detect before it entered our planet's atmosphere.

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.

BepiColombo , a joint mission by ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, will make its sixth flyby of Mercury in January 2025. This maneuver will help the spacecraft enter orbit around ...

An asteroid measuring approximately ... the impact's aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might be needed to safeguard Earth in the future.

Tianwen-2 is an asteroid sample return mission with near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ... which was originally planned for 2023. Venus is known as Earth's 'evil twin' because its also rocky ...