BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Heads up, everybody. A couple of asteroids approximately the size of a school bus are set to make close approach with Earth ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

A big asteroid, the size of the Empire State Building, called 2024 WY70 is on a collision course with Earth this weekend.

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...