Twenty years ago, the U.S. Congress instructed NASA to find 90% of near-Earth asteroids threatening Earth. They've made progress finding these asteroids that orbit the sun and come to within 1.3 ...

On Tuesday, three “airplane” sized asteroids will be shooting by the planet, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The first is an 84-foot one that will be 1,130,000 miles away ...

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are constantly orbiting close to our planet. Every night, astronomers track NEOs ...

It's last trip near Earth came about two years ago, May 27, 2023, and after the 2025 flyby, it'll be about another two years until we see 2002 JX8 again on April 15, 2027. How to watch asteroid ...

Characterizing near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is critical if we hope to eventually stop one from hitting us. But so far, missions to do so have been expensive, which is never good for space exploration.

Twenty years ago, the U.S. Congress instructed NASA to find 90% of near-Earth asteroids threatening Earth. They've made progress finding these asteroids that orbit the sun and come to within 1.3 ...

Over the next three years, a pair of astronomers at NAU will analyze some 1,000 Near Earth Objects, also known as near-Earth asteroids, to gain a better picture of what materials these celestial ...

After asteroid 2002 JX8, the next four asteroids slated to pass by Earth are relatively small – no bigger than a house. Any object larger than about 150 meters (about 492 feet) that can approach ...

Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of asteroid 2024 YR4, which became infamous earlier in 2025 when astronomers calculated a slight chance of it impacting ...