A typical asteroid is seen in this image provided by the European Space Agency. The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about an asteroid that is said to be possibly on ...

Maini, of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, is primed and ready should a planetary strike occur – and just over 12 months ago, she thought it might ...

Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

Scientists Feared This Asteroid Could Disrupt GPS and Communications, But the Latest Observations Reveal Something Else ...

The 1998 KY26 asteroid, the destination of Japan's Hayabusa2 unmanned probe in its ongoing space mission, may be far smaller than researchers had estimated. In December 2020, Hayabusa2 dropped on ...

It is reported that the asteroid ` ` 2023 DW '' with a diameter of about 165 feet (about 50 m) discovered on February 27, 2023 may approach the earth in February 2046. The odds of an asteroid hitting ...

Spread the loveIn an exciting development for space enthusiasts, NASA has confirmed that a small asteroid named 2025 GL will make a close approach to Earth on April 3, 2026. Measuring approximately 14 ...

This image imagines a prehistoric world reborn after a catastrophic asteroid strikes Earth once again. The realistic ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.