An asteroid is a minor planet —an object larger than a meteoroid (thus 1 meter or larger) that is neither a planet nor an identified comet —that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter …

1 day ago · You are looking at a real-time visualization of every known asteroid or comet that is classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO). With asteroids represented as blue points, and comets as …

3 days ago · NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s hurtling towards Earth at more than 38,500 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). …

6 days ago · Asteroid, any of a host of small bodies, about 1,000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a nearly flat ring called the asteroid …

Jan 8, 2026 · Scientists find ‘record-breaking’ asteroid nearly the size of eight football fields. Is it close to Earth? The asteroid was discovered using data from the world’s largest camera

Jan 9, 2026 · With data collected months before its main survey is due to begin, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is already upending what we thought we knew about asteroids. In the Main Belt of …

6 days ago · An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it should've torn itself apart.

May 5, 2025 · Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. For the most up to date count of asteroids …

Dec 1, 2025 · Discover the rocky objects orbiting our sun with the latest asteroid news, features and articles.

NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a steady stream of small objects that routinely zip through the ...