On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can watch them both live.

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, ...

The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 500-foot-wide (150-meter-wide) asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach ...

(WKBN) — Two large asteroids will safely pass by Earth this week, and at least one of them will be visible with a small telescope. The first and largest is Asteroid 2011 UL21, one of the largest ...

Two asteroids will fly past Earth Friday and Saturday including one that's almost the size of the world's tallest building, but astronomers say neither is a threat to hit the planet. Asteroid 2010 C01 ...

Ryugu and Bennu are two different near-Earth asteroids, but new research has suggested that they were likely once part of the same larger asteroid, called a "parent body." Ryugu and Bennu are two ...

A small asteroid zipped by Earth well inside the orbit of the moon today (Sept. 30), the second space rock encounter for our planet this week. Both asteroids posed no threat to Earth, scientists say. ...

They were about one-third the distance to the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two asteroids made close flybys of Earth on ...