A car-sized asteroid will pass at about half the distance between Earth and the moon tonight (Dec. 6), concluding a busy week ...

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," ...

Designated as COWECP5, the asteroid burned up in the atmosphere as it streaked across the Eastern Siberia sky around 11:14 ...

NASA has announced that asteroid 2019 JN2 will safely fly past Earth on November 30, 2024. Despite its proximity of 3.59 ...

An asteroid was ... 3 feet in size hit Earth’s atmosphere almost daily, according to NASA. Slightly bigger asteroids, about a few meters, pass between the Earth and Moon several times a month.

The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.m. EST (0526 GMT), passing just under ...

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...

NASA is monitoring a “massive” asteroid which is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday. Scientists keeping a close eye on the ...

Asteroid 2019 JN2 will pass Earth at a distance of 3,590,000 kilometers, which is roughly 9 times the average distance between Earth and the Moon ... that an asteroid's orbit might shift or ...

ASTRONAUTS could hitch a ride on an asteroid to help them survive the potentially deadly trip to Mars. Now scientists have ...