According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 EG1, is set to make an exceptionally close pass by Earth on the night of March 12, 2026.

A bus-sized asteroid called 2026 CC3 will fly close to Earth today as NASA tracks the spatial object.

ESA’s Planetary Defence team allay fears 100-metre-wide object could hit Earth’s moon and disrupt satellites ...

Infrared observations from the James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely pass about 21,200 km above the Moon in December 2032.

Initially, much uncertainty surrounded the flight path of the space rock known as 2024 YR4, a small asteroid that has ...

A fast-moving asteroid called 2026 DG7 is set to pass relatively close to Earth. Scientists say it poses no danger, but the event is drawing attention from space agencies worldwide. Why?

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports that the near-Earth asteroid 2021 ER will approach Earth on Friday for a safe yet close flyby. The asteroid is roughly 44 feet wide, which equals the ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor telescope will launch in 2027 to find dangerous asteroids that current telescopes miss, strengthening planetary defense.

"The work continues." ...

The asteroid is the size of an office building, and will narrowly pass by the moon in 2032.

Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about ...