A fresh asteroid-strike study is generating controversy among scientists, a report suggests. The study was led by James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and ...

2025 MN45 isn't the overall spin-rate record holder. Astronomers have found a number of small asteroids — those just a few ...

The old joke about the dinosaurs going extinct because they didn’t have a space program may be overselling the need for one. It turns out you can probably divert some of the more threatening asteroids ...

The other two space rocks—2015 HM1 and 2024 TP17—have already reached their closest point to our planet at 4:36 a.m. UTC and 8:20 a.m UTC, respectively. The first near-Earth asteroid which is the ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

Five asteroids — including one as big as a house and another as big as a plane — are expected to pass Earth this week, according to NASA. NASA’s Asteroid Watch dashboard anticipates the five asteroids ...

One significant threat to life here on Earth is the possibility that a massive asteroid will collide with our planet and destroy life as we know it. To understand the possibilities, large surveys of ...

But the new result is controversial. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A fresh asteroid-strike study is generating controversy ...