An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of asteroid 2024 YR4, which became infamous earlier in ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

NASA will livestream new 3I/ATLAS images today, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, amid increased public interest in the mystery of the interstellar object after Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb claimed the comet broke apart near the sun and later said it ...

Experts explain why it's "routine" and highlights another encounter in 2029. A plane-sized asteroid scheduled to pass Earth next week is making headlines, but NASA experts want the public to understand why this encounter is more routine than remarkable.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA and India paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite on Wednesday capable of tracking even the slightest shifts in land and ice. Watch NASA’s news briefing in the player above. The $1.3 billion mission will help ...

Asteroid 2025 XF1 is hurting through the solar system at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the spacy agency.

Temperatures on the planet could make water theoretically possible. Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named TRAPPIST-1 e, is being monitored by the James Webb Space Telescope ...