Asteroid 2026 CU1 will sweep past Earth this week at high speed, close enough to attract attention yet deemed safe, raising ...

A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...

NASA confirms the flyby of a 410-foot asteroid, 2025 YU15, moving at a speed of 21,306 miles per hour today. Despite its proximity, scientists assure it poses no immediate threat.

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from ...

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Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove incredibly destructive, like the 60-foot Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over ...

The unexpected closure of airspace above El Paso, Texas, this week abruptly ended on Wednesday, following a mysterious notice issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just six hours earlier ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

NASA is monitoring an asteroid that is hurtling toward Earth at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The space rock known as "2026 CC" measures ...