The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Hera spacecraft successfully tested its autonomous surface feature tracking system during a high-speed flyby of Mars, marking ...

A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.

YR4, once referred to as a ‘city-killer’ with the potential to cause regional devastation and impact the climate, is no ...

A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...

Elon Musk has made a lot of wild statements, but this one might top them all: "I'd like to die on Mars. Just not on impact." ...

Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...