NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports that the near-Earth asteroid 2021 ER will approach Earth on Friday for a safe yet close flyby. The asteroid is roughly 44 feet wide, which equals the ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid approximately the size of an airplane as it prepares to pass by the Earth on March 21. The asteroid, which has been dubbed "2021 FH1," is estimated to be about 98 feet ...

A new study shows NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART mission subtly changed an asteroid system’s orbit around the Sun.

A massive asteroid is heading towards Earth, and scientists say there is nothing that can be done to stop it. While that sounds like the plot of a hit action movie from the 1990s, it's also the ...

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...

LOS ANGELES - The largest asteroid to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on Sunday, providing astronomers a rare chance to see the giant rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system ...

In 2022, NASA conducted an experiment to see if they could protect Earth from massive killer space rocks. The scientist ...

NASA's DART mission successfully altered an asteroid's trajectory, a breakthrough in planetary defense. By colliding with Dimorphos, scientists demonstrated the potential to prevent future asteroid ...