JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) added that "2025 DQ" could measure up to six metres in diameter. Another asteroid named "2012 DZ", with an estimated size of up to 36 metres ...

NASA awarded a contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency's near-Earth object surveyor mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Friday said the ...

Called 2024 YR4, the near-Earth asteroid initially carried a 1% chance of hitting land when NASA and the European Space Agency first announced its existence last month. Protocols require the ...

A near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4 was first reported in December by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, data shows that ...

The asteroid is 130 to 300 feet wide. Overnight observations by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies dropped the likelihood of impact. "NASA expects the impact probability to continue to ...

Then the probability went up to 2.6 percent and it was most recently updated to 3.1 percent, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Scientists have been steadily tracking the ...

How close will it get, and what does this mean for Earth? Let’s dive into the details! Today, February 18, 2025, a large asteroid, 2025 CA2, will pass by Earth at an incredible speed of 16,490 ...

An artist's impression shows a generic asteroid. Detecting the threat of near-Earth objects such as asteroids that could cause harm to our planet is a primary focus of NASA and other space ...

The asteroid was first detected on December 27, 2024, and is between 130 to 300 feet wide, NASA's risk list of near-Earth objects shows. It is currently the most dangerous space object near Earth ...

Another near-Earth asteroid, Bennu, has scientists worried about a disastrous impact. Though the chances of a collision are distant, they could prove catastrophic. New research shows that even one of ...

Astronomers say a newly discovered 196-foot asteroid has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according reporting from Space.com. The near-earth object was discovered in 2024 and has stirred ...