A bus-size asteroid is on course to skim past our planet, a reminder that Earth moves through a shooting gallery of rocks and ice. The close pass sounds ominous, but the science behind these ...

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid, “2025 XF1,” which is rapidly approaching Earth this week. With speeds of nearly 8,000 miles per hour, the space agency’s observations are critical for ...

University of Hawaiʻi astronomers are playing a pivotal role in tracking an asteroid once feared to pose a risk to Earth. Using state-of-the-art telescopes on Maunakea, including the ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...

From a 116-mph home run to a 32-mph infield single, here are some imaginary trophies for some very real Rockies accomplishments. French astronaut Sophie Adenot went through "all human emotions, from ...

An astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge is tracking a huge asteroid that could collide with Earth in a few years. Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and ...

Something small was captured right next to the asteroid. It was a moon. However, when another photo arrived later, the shape of that moon looked quite strange. Two round objects were stuck ...

A UH telescope discovered the “city-killer” size asteroid in December. Recent calculations gave it a 3% probability of colliding with Earth in December 2032. The newest observations collected on ...