Apophis is set to fly past the Earth on April 13, 2029, and return every few years into the distant future. But scientists monitoring Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, have concluded that ...

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.

Asteroid 99942 Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of darkness, is set to pass incredibly close to Earth in 2029, at just 32,000 km. While there is no risk of a collision, scientists are ...

A “lost asteroid” that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 2007 has some scientists worried about the potential of an Earth-bound collision this year, reports indicate.

But NASA has now warned that reindeer won't be the only things soaring above Earth in the coming days. Tonight, a massive 'Chrismas Eve asteroid' the size of a ten-story building will skim past ...

A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its spectacle isn’t over yet. The asteroid, named (887) Alinda, will reach ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitors asteroid 2022 CE2, expected to safely pass Earth on January 16, 2025. The 370-foot-wide asteroid will come within 2,640,000 miles, over 16 times the ...

A mountain-sized asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in a "once in a decade" event. The massive space rock zoomed past Earth earlier this month, but it is not out of view just yet and ...