PASADENA, Calif. ( NewsNation) — As NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, the space ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid approximately the size of an airplane as it prepares to pass by the Earth on March 21. The ...

Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus looks like a thin crescent — though only telescopes can see it. Those looking for signs of the transition can watch Venus ...

NASA has issued an alert about a massive asteroid approaching Earth this week. The US space agency has identified Asteroid ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

According to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), it will pass Earth at a distance of 2,280,000 miles. Despite the close approach, it is not expected to be pulled by Earth's gravity.

A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one possibly perilous object: It’s a 130 to 300-foot long rock that could impact somewhere on Earth on December 22, 2032. To be clear ...

The asteroid also now rates as a 0 out of 10 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, a method for astronomers to categorize and rate the threat of near-Earth objects. YR4 peaked at a 3 on the scale ...

But, after more observations, experts at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies “were able to calculate more precise models of the asteroid’s trajectory ...

“That’s the outcome we expected all along, although we couldn’t be 100% sure that it would happen,” Paul Chodas, the head of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Objects Studies, said in a statemen ...

The near-earth object was discovered in 2024 and its chances of hitting Earth were revised upward for weeks, reaching record levels, before the most recent update. "While this asteroid no longer ...