Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) of our planet on 21st of this month. The US space agency National Aeronautics and ...

Most likely that grain will not be on top of the Earth. It could be even farther than the Moon.” The asteroid was discovered after passing by Earth in December, and after April, it won’t be ...

Today, February 18, 2025, a large asteroid, 2025 CA2, will pass by Earth at an incredible speed of 16,490 miles per hour. This massive space rock, about 67 feet across, is making headlines as it ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

“Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy built anywhere on the planet Earth,” O’Grady said. “Serpent Mound is built up on ...

Artist’s depiction of what a large lunar impact event might ... to alter its path around 2030. The asteroid 2024 YR4 is expected to pass by Earth safely again in 2028 when researchers hope ...

We now know that quite large objects - 40m across or more - pass between Earth and the Moon several times a year. That's the same size of asteroid that exploded over Siberia in 1908 injuring people ...

A large asteroid, 535844 (2015 BY310), will pass the Planet Earth at a distance of about 3.7 million kilometers. Moving at 28,300 kilometers per hour, it presents no immediate danger, but NASA is ...