Spanning around 410 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at around 30,200 miles per hour.

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...

About 66 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth in a very different environment than we see today, with some creatures demonstrating indomitable power, while others thrived in different ways.

Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury hosts water ice at its poles. Now scientists may know how it got there.

This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance ...

Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers a rare and dramatic close flyby.

The 27-feet space rock is zooming past Earth at a whopping 45,522 mph.

A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, coming about 20,000 miles from the planet's surface. That ...

On May 15, 2026, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft screamed past Mars at 12,333 mph, sweeping within 2,864 miles of the planet’s ...

As asteroid the size of a house will pass within just 57,000 miles (92,000 kilometers) of Earth today. That’s less than a quarter of the average distance between our planet and the Moon. Don’t worry, ...

The chances of an asteroid as large as the width of an NFL field striking Earth continue to tick up, according to NASA. The recently discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.6% probability of impact, ...

CNN — A large asteroid could be reclassified as a dwarf planet -- which could make it the smallest in the solar system -- after new research revealed it's shape, astronomers said on Monday. Nestled in ...