The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

When a massive asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it triggered a chain of disasters—firestorms, tsunamis, and ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 1997 QK1, a massive rock roughly 990 feet wide, will make its closest approach to Earth on ...

The photographs were taken during scheduled checkouts of the spacecraft’s science instruments, crucial for calibrating its ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid caught by Earth's gravity might have fragmented, creating a temporary ring ...

People in Japan witnessed a rare sight on Tuesday night as the sky got lit up by a fireball.The astonishing sight was captured by live cameras installed at locations across parts of Kyushu ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 1997 QK1 will make its closest approach on 20 August. The rock measures about 990 feet wide and is travelling at 21,994 miles per hour.

NASA confirmed the asteroid’s course towards Earth. It measures about 87 feet wide and travels quickly. The asteroid will ...

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.

According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the formation of our solar system. They are mainly concentrated within the main ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon.

The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...