Asteroid
Asteroid the size of 60 sloths to fly past the Earth on Friday, May 1 - NASA
Sloths are the slowest mammals of all, but asteroid 2026 HX3 is anything but that – both in terms of being slow and in terms of being mammals.
Jordan joins Artemis Accords, int'l principles for exploring Moon, Mars, space, NASA says
NASA tracks colossal asteroid on a close approach to Earth
Space sample reveals all five building blocks of DNA, scientists say
Museum curator made a habit of monitoring flashes on the moon
Daichi Fujii has logged about 60 impacts on the Moon since 2011, giving astronomers fresh data on asteroid strike rates.
Giant asteroid 2025 FA22, 1000x the Chelyabinsk meteorite's mass, rushes past earth today
ESA says there is no impact risk after refined tracking; the virtual telescope project is streaming the flyby from tuscany.
No danger, says NASA: Airplane-sized asteroid buzzed Earth at 28,000 mph
2025 QD8, measuring 17-38 meters in diameter, passed within 218,000 kilometers of Earth at 57% of the Moon's distance with no collision threat, streamed live by Virtual Telescope Project.
A new guest in the cosmic neighborhood: The possible extraterrestrial origins of 3I/ATLAS
Is 3I/ATLAS an alien space probe? An irregular comet? Debate rages around status of 3rd interstellar object ever spotted. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses implications with ‘Magazine.'
How the world won’t be destroyed: NASA found a solution to a worrying problem
NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, showing humanity can protect itself from cosmic disasters.
Asteroid the size of 59 Avi Loebs to pass Earth on Wednesday, Aug. 27 - NASA
Avi Loeb, a Harvard astrophysicist, kindly provided his measurements for use in this article during an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
Asteroid the size of 3 T. rex dinosaurs to pass Earth Sunday - NASA
Asteroid 2025 PM is around the size of three Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs. The asteroid won't hit the Earth, according to NASA calculations, and even if it did... life finds a way.
Asteroid the size of 145 Elmos to fly past Earth on Tuesday, July 15 - NASA
Asteroid 2025 MA90 is set to fly past the Earth on Tuesday, July 15. With an estimated diameter of 88.8 meters, that comes out to around 145 Elmos, thanks to measurements taken by Drew Brees.
Two asteroids the size of 32 George Washingtons to pass Earth on Fourth of July - NASA
Americans will use anything but the metric system. So let's put that to its most logical conclusion and measure asteroids with the first US president: George Washington.
Hiroshima University Discovers Rare Mineral on Asteroid Ryugu, Challenging Space Theories
Masaaki Miyahara said it’s like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice - suggesting either a surprising local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system.