YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

Asteroids come close to striking the Earth frequently ... she said. “The probability of an asteroid hitting Earth is low, but ...

NASA reports that Asteroid 2025 DM7 will make its closest approach on 4 March 2025, coming within 294,000 miles of Earth.

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...

DU2, measuring 160 feet wide and travelling at 62,650 km/h, will pass Earth on March 6 at a safe distance of 542,000 km.

(In real life, the asteroid came within 4 million miles of the Earth — 15 times the distance between our planet and moon, but a close shave by cosmic standards.) So was born “Project Icarus.” ...

NASA warns of two giant asteroids hurtling towards Earth tomorrow. Will they pass safely, or is a collision imminent?, ...

For a brief moment, asteroid 2024 YR4 had scientists on edge, with its impact probability climbing as high as 2.8%—enough to capture global attention. But thanks to rapid observations and advanced ...

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...