One of the asteroids will come as close as within 120,000 miles from the Earth, soaring past at over 41,000 miles per hour.

Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of asteroid 2024 YR4, which became infamous earlier ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 shifted its course from Earth but brought fresh dangers to the Moon. Astronomers have tracked this space rock, which scientists first discovered in late December 2024. Research ...

Instead, scientists have seized the opportunity to study the 'exceptionally close' flyby by sending a spacecraft to the space ...

A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about impacts of ...

In 2022, NASA scientists successfully nudged an asteroid off its course, shortening its orbit by 32 minutes as part of the ...

The US House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology has expressed concerns over President Donald Trump's plan to cut the ...

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is expected to zoom past the Earth today at a speed of around 19,193 miles per hour.

At first, asteroid 2024 YR4 seemed like a potential threat to Earth, but that risk has since been greatly reduced. The asteroid is estimated to be between 30 and 65 metres wide. Meanwhile, the chances ...