A fireball over France revealed a tougher kind of asteroid, named 2023 CX1, raising new concerns about how small impacts can ...

An asteroid the size of two football fields end-to-end is to have a relatively close encounter with Earth on Thursday, Sept. 18.

A n asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, significantly larger than Delhi's Qutub Minar, will make a close approach to Earth on September 18, 2025.

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

An asteroid that struck Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago left a long trail of destruction in its wake, new research ...

The bright meteor was witnessed by some Scots as it streaked across the sky in the early hours of Thursday July 3. Now, ...

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim safely past Earth, where it will be visible to billions. For scientists, it's a once-in-a ...

Two asteroids, 2025 OB5 and 2025 QK3, as well as the smaller 2025 QB3, are all set to pass Earth on August 26.

This stunning astronaut photo shows a series of milky swirls that appeared in the waters of Turkey's Lake Van, the largest "soda lake" on Earth. While the swirls look like a common natural phenomenon, ...

In 2020, the Hayabusa2 uncrewed spacecraft successfully returned small fragments from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, providing the first pristine samples from a carbonaceous asteroid. Grains from ...

For a brief few weeks in early 2025, astronomers were worried about the asteroid 2024 YR4. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By ...