A July flyby of a massive asteroid went undetected until two days after it passed, raising urgent questions about planetary ...

While most of them are small and disappear in the atmosphere, some of them come alarmingly close to our planet. While scientists keep a constant watch on these objects to assess any kind of risks, ...

Earth has a near miss-twice-after two small asteroids seemingly passed alarmingly close to the planet, less than two days apart, one of them going completely unnoticed until hours after it had already ...

View post: REI's Wind and Water-Resistant Hiking Jacket Is Nearly $70 Off Right Now Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused serious damage ...

Time now for an interstellar flyby. Let's meet a very old comet, 3I/ATLAS. DARRYL SELIGMAN: 3I/ATLAS is probably somewhere between 3 billion to 11 billion years old. So it's presumably been traveling ...

A small asteroid just gave the Earth a close buzz. The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at 8:49 p.m. EDT ...

A newly discovered asteroid just whizzed past Earth, marking the second-closest asteroid flyby on record, astronomers say. The asteroid flew over Antarctica just before 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 30, about ...

Perihelion for 3I/ATLAS takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar interloper will be 1.35 astronomical units (125 million ...

Physicist Michio Kaku says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may reveal signs of intelligent life if it gains energy near the Sun.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A small asteroid just gave the Earth a close buzz. The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely ...