The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours.

Any object larger than about 150 meters (about 492 feet ... Most asteroids orbit within the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But some follow paths that circulate ...

Any object larger than about 150 meters (about 492 feet ... Most asteroids orbit within the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But some follow paths that circulate ...

The main belt asteroid 612356 2002 JX8 is estimated to have a diameter of 290 meters according to NASA, and will pose absolutely no threat to Earth during its 2025 flyby. The Virtual Telescope Project ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, ...

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, ...

Known as the main belt asteroid 612356 2002 JX8 is not expected to post a threat to Earth during the 2025 flyby, according to NASA. Scientists at the Center for Near Earth Object Studies who track ...

Asteroid 2025 HY2, an Apollo-class asteroid, will pass Earth on May 7, 2025, at a speed of 48,904 km/h. Though passing at a distance of 6.8 million kilometres, it's a close call in cosmic terms.

Located between Mars and Jupiter lies Vesta, the second-largest body within the main asteroid belt. For generations, astronomers thought Vesta wasn’t an ordinary asteroid: It also contained ...