Astronomers have witnessed the second-closest asteroid fly-by ever measured. Or at least we think they have, with government shutdowns preventing NASA from releasing a statement. Luckily, the European ...

An asteroid about the size of a small building zoomed past Earth unnoticed by astronomers last week, coming as close to the Earth’s surface as the International Space Station, according to the ...

A small asteroid just gave the Earth a close buzz. The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at 8:49 p.m. EDT ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) in ...

View post: Amazon's AI Ring Doorbell Just Humiliated the Tech Giant With an 'Award' No One Wants Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused ...

An asteroid that was about 100 feet wide, named 2025 QV9, made a close but safe flyby of Earth on Sunday, 7 September. Experts got to witness a thrilling but non-threatening celestial event. QV9, ...

In the realm of cosmic close calls, this was one of the closest. An asteroid known as 2025 TF zipped by Earth only 266 miles above Antarctica, the European Space Agency said, the second-closest such ...

What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroids and other planetary bodies? This is what a recent study published in The ...