Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Astronomers have spotted a large asteroid destined to whizz unusually close to Earth. First noticed just three weeks ago ...

massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...

Tonight, a massive 'Chrismas Eve asteroid' the size of a ten-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph According to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard, the space rock 2024 NX1 will reach its ...

A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is zooming towards our planet this weekend. The asteroid, named 2024 WY70, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be roughly ...

An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the skies with a blinding flash, dramatic video shows.

Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was "safe" from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least. Nasa had deemed Apophis to be one of ...

An asteroid the size of nine reindeer is set to pass over the Earth on Wednesday, Christmas, in what is set to be a relatively close holiday flyby, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.