During a House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing, experts discussed the state of NASA's planetary defense ...

One of the asteroids will come as close as within 120,000 miles from the Earth, soaring past at over 41,000 miles per hour.

its size and proximity classify it as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid, prompting ongoing monitoring by NASA. This event highlights the importance of planetary defense and tracking near-Earth ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" is also making a close pass, traveling at 19,260 miles per hour and reaching ...

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

By late February, experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had analyzed new data submitted by astronomers worldwide. The ...

"This is a natural disaster that is 100% preventable if we do our homework." On Thursday (May 15), the U.S. House Committee on Space, Science and Technology convened with scientists to discuss a ...

Watch a stadium-size asteroid pass Earth today — and learn why this one isn’t 2024 YR4, the asteroid that had scientists and ...

NASA has been tracking a house-sized asteroid in the vicinity of Earth that is hurtling through space at a zippy 42,300 miles per hour. Known as "2025 HM4," the asteroid's path brought it within a ...

Here's everything to know about the asteroid, how the public can track it going by and why NASA keeps a close eye on inbound space rocks. The asteroid, dubbed 2002 JX8, makes close approaches to ...