A large asteroid named 1997 NC1 will pass safely near Earth on June 27, 2026, giving astronomers a rare chance to study a massive space rock without any threat to our planet. The asteroid, estimated ...

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters) ...

A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or large binoculars, the European Space Agency announced Wednesday. The asteroid ...

A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don't worry: It poses no danger. The space rock—1997 NC1—makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1.6 million miles (2.6 ...

The asteroid was estimated at about 0.8 meters, and it posed zero threat to people or infrastructure on the ground.

Marco Fenucci is a mathematician who works on calculating the orbits of observed asteroids. He’s a near-Earth object ...