A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...

NASA is reportedly preparing contingency plans to destroy an asteroid that may collide with Earth in December 2032, according to a recent report. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly identified celestial body, ...

In 2029, a massive asteroid will pass closer to Earth than many satellites orbiting the planet. While scientists say an ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

The group recently announced its leader, and that it has already enlisted 200 people for its working groups, according to Axios.

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

Michael Rapaport is setting his sights on a new career path. The 55-year-old actor announced on the Monday, Jan. 5 episode of his "I Am Rapaport" podcast that he plans on running for mayor of New York ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.

Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every two minutes. Dubbed 2025 MN45, the space rock is some 2,300 feet across ...

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers have identified 19 super- and ...

At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one rotation in less than two minutes. That makes it the fastest-spinning asteroid ...