NASA is monitoring a large near-Earth asteroid roughly the size of a passenger jet that is set to make a close approach to Earth on Friday, August 7. The object, designated 2026 OE1, is estimated to ...

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has ruled out any chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in 2032, ...

Asteroid 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to come into contact with Earth's orbit on September 6th, and is predicted to be twice as big as the ancient Egyptian landmark at Giza ...

FULTON — Caston won the Battle of the Galaxy as the Comets crushed the Satellites 48-0 Friday night at the Crater. The Comets led 21-0 after one, 28-0 at halftime and 41-0 after three. Ashton Bowyer ...

From left to right: Sutherland ATLAS station during construction in South Africa. Credit: Willie Koorts (SAAO); Chilean engineers and astronomers installing the ATLAS telescope at El Sauce Observatory ...

NASA's so-called "doomsday asteroid" Apophis - named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos - is set to pass Earth closer than some satellites.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers. Asteroid 99942 Apophis ...

A tiny asteroid measuring up to 5 feet across was detected hours before safely burning up over northwestern Australia. The harmless fireball marked only the 13th time scientists detected an asteroid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is currently tracking a plane-sized asteroid set to zip past the Earth on June 18 at a whopping 8,768 miles per hour. Known ...