The heavens will be busy tonight and tomorrow. NASA is expecting several interplanetary visitors to Earth's outer space neighborhood. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is keeping a close eye on ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. There are over 32,000 near-Earth asteroids flying through space near our planet.

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

NASA tracks close approaches and calculates the odds of those space rocks — including asteroids, meteors and meteorites — impacting Earth. "The majority of near-Earth objects have orbits that ...

The country's plans span the moon, near-Earth asteroids, comets, obtaining the first-ever samples from Mars and a mission to the Jupiter system in the next few years, according to top Chinese ...

Luckily, Apophis won’t hit Earth in 2029. Instead, it will pass by Earth safely at a distance of 19,794 miles (31,860 ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has alerted about three asteroids, 2024 SM4, 2024 TX5, and 2024 TA7, set to make close approaches to Earth on October 13. Despite their proximity, they pose no threat.

Still, that comparison showcases the potential hazard of near-Earth asteroids, and the reason agencies like NASA watch them so closely. Though by the recent team’s measure, Earth will cause much ...

While this proximity poses no danger to Earth, researchers believe the encounter could literally shake up the 1,100-foot-long space rock. Asteroids that pass close to planets frequently show ...

Microgravity makes water do weird and wonderful things. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took advantage of that fact to create a colorful ball that resembles Jupiter.

The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is keeping a close eye on five asteroids heading our way. So we should probably get to know them a little bit, yeah? The biggest one is Asteroid 2020 WG.