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

China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other ...

NASA has identified a 210-foot, airplane-sized asteroid approaching Earth today, although scientists assure it will not ...

The US space agency confirmed that YS5 poses no threat to our planet – but at 120ft in diameter, similar in size to a ...

An asteroid is labelled risky if it comes within 7.4 million kilometres and measures more than 85 metres across.

The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense ...

An asteroid will zoom past Earth this week at such close range that standard telescopes may be able to spot it in the night sky, experts say. The space rock, dubbed 2023 DZ2 by NASA, ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

An asteroid's chances of hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen again to over 3%. Experts say not to worry for now, as chances the asteroid will miss the Earth stand at nearly 97%.

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid, almost the size of the world's tallest skyscraper, will pass Earth next week. Live Science reports that the asteroid, called 2022 RM4, has an estimated diameter ...

While it has the highest odds of any asteroid to crash into Earth in nearly two decades, it remains very slim. NASA said the asteroid has a 2.3% chance of colliding at the end of 2032.