The asteroid will pass the Earth at a distance of about 135,000 miles (about 217,000 km), considered "close" in astronomical ...

A significant object has just passed through our planet's vicinity without incident. This passage, although safe, has captured the full attention of astronomers worldwide. This is asteroid ...

NASA and IAU have named a feature on asteroid Donald Johanson after India’s Narmada Valley, honouring its fossil heritage.

NASA confirms a 70-foot asteroid, 2025 RL2, is making a close approach to Earth today, travelling at a speed of 21,613 miles per hour.

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2025 RL2 is approaching. The space rock measures about 70 feet wide and is racing through space ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, about building-sized (520 feet wide), will fly past Earth on September 18 at a distance of 523,000 miles.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

New observations reveal that the asteroid 1998 KY26 is much smaller and spinning much faster than originally thought.

Skywatchers with backyard telescopes or binoculars might also be able to spot the asteroid. At its brightest, it could reach ...

A massive asteroid, 2025 FA22, will safely pass Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 4.6 million miles. Initially ...

A building-sized asteroid, 2025 FA22, is set to pass by Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 523,000 miles.

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists.