The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 1997 QK1, a massive rock roughly 990 feet wide, will make its closest approach to Earth on ...

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.

People in Japan witnessed a rare sight on Tuesday night as the sky got lit up by a fireball.The astonishing sight was captured by live cameras installed at locations across parts of Kyushu ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon.

The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid caught by Earth's gravity might have fragmented, creating a temporary ring ...

The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. It now poses a threat to the moon, rather than Earth.

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...

When a massive asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it triggered a chain of disasters—firestorms, tsunamis, and ...