Asteroid 2020 XR flew about 1.37 million miles (2.2M km) away from Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about 300-700 km (248-434 miles) wide. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

Oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface. If an asteroid were to strike us, it would probably land in the water. This award-winning animation from Los Alamos National Lab shows a detailed ...

A car-sized asteroid ... less than 1/4 Earth diameter yesterday, making it the closest-known fly-by that didn’t hit our planet,” Dunn tweeted on Monday. He shared the animation below.

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid ... areas of forest were devastated but few people were injured. While astronomers work diligently to survey the night sky from the Earth's surface ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid ... Earth is designated as potentially hazardous due to the potential for long-term orbital shifts that could one day bring it onto a more threatening course. An ...

Just when you thought you could relax about putative 'city killer' asteroid ... forest, is thought to have released about 15 megatons also. Luckily, we don't have to fret about any of this for ...

The office is responsible for detecting, tracking, and, if necessary, deflecting asteroids and comets that could come dangerously close to Earth. This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 passing by Earth. Astronomers created a 3D image of the newly discovered asteroid after observing it with a telescope in Chile. (9NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.