The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

A bus-sized asteroid is currently racing toward Earth’s vicinity, catching the close attention of astronomers. While not a threat, its proximity is notable in a week filled with celestial visitors.

This week, NASA’s has been busy tracking a trio of sizable asteroids hurtling past Earth’s orbit, one traveling as close as ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor ...

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

According to CNEOS manager Paul Chodas, "potentially hazardous" doesn't mean an asteroid is going to collide directly with ...

For years, the speed of discovery of near-Earth asteroids has been picking up pace. For a few days now, we have known more than 40,000 of them.

NEW YORK - An asteroid wider than two professional football fields is set to fly safely past Earth on Sept. 14, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. The space rock, known as ...