How big is the asteroid passing Earth?Asteroids are usually thought of as being massive, solid rocks floating through space, coupled with the threat of potentially slamming into an unsuspecting and ...

Asteroid 2003 MH4, a large space rock about three football fields in length, will make a close approach to Earth around May ...

By late February, experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had analyzed new data submitted by astronomers worldwide. The ...

The NEO Surveyor mission is the first space telescope that'll be dedicated to locating asteroids that could threaten Earth, ...

A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about impacts of ...

Scientists have uncovered fascinating new details about the internal structures of both the moon and the asteroid Vesta using ...

NASA’s latest gravitational data model of the Moon generated a litany of discoveries from ancient volcanoes to navigational ...

Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary ...

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

The JPL lab tracks any asteroids or comets with orbits ... according to NASA. The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the ...

N ASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 miles per hour.This asteroid, known as 2025 HJ5, is estimated to be ...