The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

But the remaining celestial objects on track to follow suit were set to make ... reads a description on the agency's asteroid watch dashboard. The average distance from the surface of the planet ...

Asteroids continue to closely approach Earth, with 10 atmospheric entries recorded this year. The latest, 2024 UQ, entered on ...

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

NASA uses advanced observation techniques and modelling to track asteroid paths. This helps scientists predict possible threats. In the past, asteroid impacts have caused significant geological ...

New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...

Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But a second asteroid struck during that same era at the Nadir crater off ...