The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured asteroid 2023 BU when it less than 40,000 km (25,854 mi.) away from ...

On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the first-ever asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa. This ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

JX8 to pass Earth safely on May 9, visible through live str Live stream begins 4:30 p.m. EDT via The Virtual Telescope Project site Asteroid 2002 JX8 is 950 feet wide and poses no danger to Earth at a ...

Asteroid 2025 HY2, an Apollo-class asteroid, will pass Earth on May 7, 2025, at a speed of 48,904 km/h. Though passing at a ...

This was its closest approach to Earth until May 21, 2090, which will be at a similarly safe distance. Asteroids, especially ...

Even though it's fast and close, the asteroid will pass Earth at a distance of 6.8 million kilometers (4.2 million miles).

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" ...