The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the discovery of the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid, a lot more are still out there.

For the next half-century, Earth will have a new celestial companion. A small asteroid, officially designated 2025 PN7, has ...

The Planetary Defence System of the ESA earlier identified the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid. The current tally since the ESA ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

European Space Agency says milestone highlights both Earth’s vulnerability and advances in planetary-defense science - ...

An interstellar trespasser known as 3I/ATLAS is almost certainly a comet. So, why do so many people think it's ...

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Two house-sized asteroids are making close approaches to Earth this week, drawing attention from NASA's planetary defense ...

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...

This week, NASA’s has been busy tracking a trio of sizable asteroids hurtling past Earth’s orbit, one traveling as close as ...

Earth has picked up a new traveling companion – an asteroid named 2025 PN7 that now moves through space in step with us. This ...