A bus-size asteroid is on course to skim past our planet, a reminder that Earth moves through a shooting gallery of rocks and ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home. June 30 is the 10th anniversary of ...

Planetary defense has moved from science fiction to a live engineering problem, and the stakes could not be higher. The ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, thanks to a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. Known as the ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this week on Dec. 19, 2025. Here's the latest news ...

The Celestron NexStar 8SE is a great choice for exploring distant solar system objects and you can currently get it for $200 off during the Black Friday sales! Check out our Black Friday deals page ...

The recently discovered asteroid 2025 QD8 will zoom closely by Earth on Wednesday. However, there is no need to be concerned. This space rock will safely pass by our planet, and you can watch as it ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from ...

Newly discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 has gotten quite a bit of attention over the past week, as scientists initially determined that it had a chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The internet, of course, ...

NASA has found sugars essential for life on Earth in samples of the 4.6 billion-year-old Bennu asteroid. Scientists discovered glucose, the human body’s main source of energy, as well as the critical ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in just a few hours. The gigantic space rock, which NASA compares to the size of a stadium, has a ...