Astronomers have witnessed the second-closest asteroid fly-by ever measured. Or at least we think they have, with government shutdowns preventing NASA from releasing a statement. Luckily, the ...

A newly discovered space rock will zoom safely by Earth later today (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance to the moon. Despite 2025 TP5 coming relatively close to Earth in ...

The refined observations from last month eliminate chances of impact, and provide a flyby distance.

An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of ...

As if 2020 couldn't get weird enough, an asteroid will fly by earth Saturday. According to NASA's "NEO Earth Close Approaches" website, the asteroid is 735 meters in diameter, more than twice as ...

Scientists and amateur astronomers are tracking a 1.7-mile-wide asteroid on course to sail past Earth as it makes a wide U-turn on the way back toward the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

A kilometer-wide asteroid will pass by Earth next week, according to data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The asteroid, known as 7482 (1994 PC1), was first observed in 1994. It will pass ...