Security camera footage posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo captured the scene of two family members reacting to ...

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

Asteroid (887) Alinda came closest to our planet on Wednesday, January 8, being the closest to Earth in decades and the last until 62 years from now (2087). Despite reaching its closest moment and ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its ...

An ancient asteroid collision probably triggered the expansion of ... and opened new life avenues So then at the time of the S2 meteorite falling on Earth, it created a storm of great proportions that ...

NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

A “lost asteroid” that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 2007 has some scientists worried about the potential of an Earth-bound collision this year, reports indicate.

An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.

A mountain-sized asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in a "once in a decade" event. The massive space rock zoomed past Earth earlier this month, but it is not out of view just yet and ...

NASA has alerted the public about two asteroids, 2024 YA10 and 2024 BM1, set to have close encounters with Earth this Wednesday. However, the space agency has reassured that these asteroids pose no ...

The moon orbits the Earth at an average distance of 238,900 miles. Stock image of an asteroid passing the Earth (main) and a school bus (inset). A bus-sized asteroid is due to pass twice as close ...