An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.

What time is the first full moon of 2025? Here's when the Wolf Moon will peak This Sunday, January 12, the asteroid (887) Alinda, which measures about 4.2 kilometers in diameter, can be seen from ...

NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building will be whizzing right past us tonight. dimazel - stock.adobe.com Are we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed? Santa Claus isn’t ...

Scientists believe the Ryugu asteroid's parent body contained large ... may have disappeared through evaporation or freezing. The crystal structures resemble salts found in subsurface oceans ...

NASA has warned of a gigantic asteroid that will pass close to Earth on Christmas Eve 2024. The enormous rock will pass within 4.48 million miles (7.21 million kilometers) of Earth, and while this ...

A massive 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph. According to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard, asteroid 2024 XN1 should pass by harmlessly at a ...

The massive asteroid (887) "Alinda" has made its closest approach to Earth in decades and is set to reach peak brightness in a rare and once-in-a-decade event. The event can be observed this ...

A time-lapse of images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) showing the aftermath of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) intentionally slamming into the asteroid Dimorphos.

An asteroid the size of nine reindeer is set to pass over the Earth on Wednesday, Christmas, in what is set to be a relatively close holiday flyby, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.