Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.
Asteroid 2024 XN1, a space rock the size of about a 10-story building, is fast approaching planet Earth with a velocity of 14 ...
A large asteroid is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 100 years. Over the coming days, it's so close you should be able to observe it yourself with only the aid of binoculars.
As Christmas Eve approaches, a cosmic visitor is set to make its presence known. NASA's eyes are on the skies, tracking the ...
So instead of it being just a Merry Christmas, it will be a Merry Asteroid-miss.Jingle bells, jingle bells, an asteroid's on ...
The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
Although it is classified as a "near miss" in astronomical terms ... from Earth-about 18 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. The asteroid was only first discovered on December ...
NASA has detected a 210-foot asteroid, named 2024 XW15, approaching Earth at a speed of 41,421 km/h. The asteroid will pass within 6,460,000 kilometers of our planet on December 13, 2024, at 9:42 AM.
A 210-foot asteroid will zoom past Earth on December 13, 2024. It will travel at 41,421 km/h. The asteroid will come within 6.46 million kilometers of ...
Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...
On a long enough timescale, an asteroid, comet, or other impactor will come calling ... Once a new object is identified, NASA ...