NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor — the agency's first purpose-built infrared space telescope designed specifically to detect ...

Five asteroids are on track to pass within 4.6 million miles of Earth in the coming days, and NASA’s planetary defense system ...

A building-sized asteroid will pass safely by Earth on June 27. Dozens of near-Earth objects like this one routinely pass relatively close to Earth without incident.

Asteroid 2026 LV, measuring about 47 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth on June 16, 2026. Scientists say the near-Earth object poses no threat to the planet.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Thousands of asteroids—including hundreds of “distant worlds” located ...

Asteroid 1997 NC1, comparable to four Empire State Buildings in size, will safely pass Earth this weekend at 1.6 million ...

An asteroid roughly the size of one to two school buses will fly by Earth Monday, coming as close as 91,593 kilometers (56,913 miles), according to the European Space Agency — equivalent to about one ...

Every June 30th, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact and turns global attention to the science of ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...