The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

NASA currently leads the nation's planetary defense efforts, but some are calling for the Space Force to take control.

NASA is monitoring a giant space rock that is set to zoom past Earth next week – and it's bigger than the Leaning Tower of ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 OU1 is approaching. It will pass Earth on Friday, 26 July. The rock is roughly 140 feet ...

The huge 85m-wide rock, dubbed 2025 MA90, will pass within 6 million km of Earth today, July 15, and will be closely ...

According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the ...

NASA is tracking an asteroid that has a non-zero chance of striking Earth. We have some time to prepare, however. News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Astronomers have been tracking this asteroid for 17 years and can accurately predict when it orbits the sun, ... NASA's new asteroid-hunting telescope: Made to protect Earth from disaster.

In what seems to be the backstory of a doomsday science fiction flick, NASA is tracking an asteroid that has a non-zero chance of striking Earth. Here's what we know about Asteroid 2024 YR4 , and ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

A NASA space telescope could help track down 90% of asteroids big enough to crush New York. NASA is finally advancing the telescope, called NEO Surveyor, after years of passing it over.