A small asteroid roughly the size of a car is expected to make a close approach to Earth, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lists it in its public near-Earth object tracking tools. The object ...

NASA is monitoring a house-sized asteroid that is speeding towards Earth at more than 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The space ...

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

Beijing will use ground telescopes and orbital satellites to track dangerous space rocks that currently go undetected.

Asteroid Donaldjohanson does not move through space with the tidy, steady spin scientists often expect. It tumbles in a more complicated way, and after NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swept past it in April ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google NEW YORK — A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. The space rock — ...

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NASA says five notable asteroids will safely pass Earth in the second half of 2026, helping scientists improve asteroid tracking and strengthen planetary defense.

An asteroid larger than many downtown office buildings will make a relatively close pass by Earth on Saturday, June 27, offering astronomers a rare opportunity to study thus sizable near-Earth object.

More than two decades after his death, Elliott Smith has been immortalized with an asteroid named after him. The celestial honour came from a fan listening to his song ‘Shooting Star’... It has been ...

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024 is a rare, primitive space rock containing evidence of ancient water.

An overview of the START mission trajectory, showing the spacecraft's orbit-raising phase and high-speed flyby of Apophis at closest approach. Credit: START team/Tsinghua University PADUA, Italy — A ...