When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...
NASA is closely tracking two asteroids, 2025 VW and 2025 VC2 that are around 1-2 million miles away from the planet.
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock approximately the size of a 15-story building, might collide with the ...
Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.
CHICAGO -- A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small chance" of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046, ...
The meteor shower has produced an increasing number of fireballs, which are large explosions of light and color, each year, as previously reported by USA TODAY. If the skies are clear, the shower is ...
A newly discovered comet named C/2025 V1, which some have compared to 3I/ATLAS, is due to make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
The asteroid 66 million years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs hit at a 60-degree angle — ensuring maximum death and destruction.