YZ9 is set to approach Earth on 6 January. The asteroid is about 100 feet wide, similar to a large aircraft. It will travel at 19,091 miles per hour. At its closest, ...

A gigantic asteroid, comparable in size to an airplane, is racing toward Earth at a speed of 26,177 km/h. Named 2024 YL7, ...

They note there are two ways a close encounter could lead to resurfacing. The one is immediate, creating the dramatic seismic ...

NASA has issued a warning about a colossal Christmas Eve asteroid due to make a close encounter with Earth tonight. The celestial body, comparable in size to a ten-story building, is expected to ...

but it’s peculiar orbit around the Sun will lead it to a much closer encounter with Earth before the end of the century. The 3200 Phaethon asteroid is remarkable for a couple of reasons ...

The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million ...

Scientists at the US space agency Nasa say 2023 BU's orbit around the Sun has been modified by its encounter with Earth. Our planet's gravity pulled on it and adjusted its path through space.

Astrophysicists now await a data transmission that will improve understanding of the sun's solar wind and the heat of its ...