First noticed just three weeks ago, asteroid 2023 DZ2—and already nicknamed “Dizzy”—will safely cruise past Earth on Saturday, March 25 at 17,000 mph. How close will the ‘Dizzy ...
While asteroid 2023 DZ2 poses no threat of impacting Earth during this visit, there is a miniscule chance it could hit us when it returns in 2026. This big space rock is much larger than almost ...
Asteroid 2023 BU was discovered on Saturday, January 21, but it's making quite a stir in the astronomy world as it's moving right towards us. It is set to travel roughly 6,500 miles past the ...
Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, but NASA said there's nothing to be worried about.
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample ...
Get ready for a close encounter of the celestial kind. On the afternoon of Jan. 26, the tiny asteroid 2023 BU will whiz only about 2,175 miles (3,500 km) from the Earth's surface. Before you bolt ...