Dante Lauretta spoke with ABC News about his research. Scientists have tracked an asteroid the size of New York's Empire State Building to pass by Earth in 2182. While experts don't think there is ...
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is targeting a small near-Earth asteroid as part of its extended mission — and you could help name the space rock. The asteroid, designated 2001 CC21, or 98943, is ...
Two relatively tiny asteroids, one as big as a six-story building, will have a close encounter with Earth on March 13.
Scientists issued a major update on the "city-killer" asteroid feared to hit Earth. They have concluded that now there is almost zero chance that the will hit Earth as it flies by in 2029.
A stadium-size asteroid tumbled harmlessly past Earth this month as a powerful NASA radar system watched. Asteroid 2008 OS7 passed by Earth on Feb. 2, 2024 at a safe distance of 1.8 million miles ...
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Valentine’s day 2046 could have quite the attraction, according to a risk list that ...
NASA is vigilantly scanning the skies for menacing asteroids. Recently, the space agency captured its first detailed views of asteroid 2008 OS7, a rock some 650 to 1,640 feet (200 to 500 meters ...
NASA's powerful radar system detected an asteroid zoom past Earth on February 2, and according to estimations, the asteroid named 2008 OS7 is approximately the size of a stadium. The space rock ...
Two asteroids, one the size of 16 and a half John Cenas and another the size of around three and a half adult female American bison, aka the buffalo, are set to pass very close to the Earth on ...
The specific focus on Apophis was due to an encounter between Earth and this massive asteroid coming up on April 13, 2029. On that date, at around 5:46 p.m. EDT, Apophis will fly past at a ...
Scientists have tracked an asteroid the size of New York's Empire State Building to pass by Earth in 2182. While experts ...
A stadium-size asteroid tumbled harmlessly past Earth this month as a powerful NASA radar system watched. Asteroid 2008 OS7 passed by Earth on Feb. 2, 2024 at a safe distance of 1.8 million miles (2.9 ...