The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

Telescopes across the globe will track it so that astronomers can determine its exact location and make predictions about ...

International team finds glucose and ribose in samples from asteroid Bennu, marking first glucose discovery in space ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson examines Earth's vulnerability to asteroid impacts, exploring detection, prevention strategies, and the ...

With 3I/ATLAS just days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies around the globe are conducting the largest ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

Catch the brightest meteor shower of 2025 as the Geminids peak this weekend over California, from San Diego to Yreka. Where ...