Asteroid 2020 XR flew about 1.37 million miles (2.2M km) away from Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about 300-700 km (248-434 miles) wide. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: 2024 NEO ...

NASA’s ambitious OSIRIS-APEX mission to study the asteroid Apophis has been spared from cancellation, but its future is far from secure. After threats of budget cuts that could have grounded the ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

Astronomers spotted an asteroid that made an extraordinarily close pass by Earth, a little above the altitude of the International Space Station (ISS). The small, giraffe-size asteroid called "2025 TF ...

The year 2020 is clearly out to make its mark in a big way: a global pandemic, massive wildfires across the Western United States, huge demonstrations for social justice around the globe. Here’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from last week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.

TN2, the largest of four, will safely pass Earth today at 1.34 million km. There is no threat from it, said NASA.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico found the recently discovered near-Earth asteroid, 2020 BX12, has its own moon. FROM 2018: Repairs, Science Continue at Famed Arecibo Observatory ...