The rock is hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood at a zippy 8,768 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of International Asteroid Day. In the decade since the United Nations established the ...

Asteroid 1997 NC1, comparable to four Empire State Buildings in size, will safely pass Earth this weekend at 1.6 million ...

Five asteroids are on track to pass within 4.6 million miles of Earth in the coming days, and NASA’s planetary defense system ...

The last time an asteroid similar in size passed safely by Earth from an even closer distance was in 2022, when a space rock ...

Asteroid alerts often sound more dramatic than the actual risk they pose. This time, NASA is tracking asteroid 2026 HW2, a ...

Asteroid 2026 LV, measuring about 47 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth on June 16, 2026. Scientists say the ...

A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. The space rock — 1997 NC1 — makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1.6 million miles (2.6 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its ...

Spanning around 410 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at around 30,200 miles per hour.

Astronomers don’t treat every “close approach” headline the same way the public does. On June 9, two near-Earth objects, 2026 LD and 2026 KM3, are being tracked as they pass Earth at distances ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...