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

NASA only labels space rocks as hazardous if they are closer than 7.4 million kilometres and wider than 85 metres.

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

Scientists have revealed just how much you need to worry about everything from elephant attacks and lightning strikes to ...

NASA is monitoring a house-sized asteroid that will pass near Earth on August 16 at a speed of approximately 17,717 miles per ...

In yet another reminder that space is always full of surprises, NASA has reported that a large asteroid—roughly the size of a ...

Space is an active place. Asteroid 2025 OT7 will fly by Earth in August 2025. It is about 170 feet wide. It will travel at ...

Scientists are actively exploring a groundbreaking idea at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.The primary motive ...

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

That data shows that even with Earth avoiding direct impact, YR4 could still pose a threat in late 2032 by slamming into the ...

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. KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer ...

Fossils of mosasaurs and early mammals found in Louisiana reveal how life changed after the asteroid that ended the age of ...