About 150 large asteroids were found that could present a danger at some point and four that will likely remain in the vicinity of Earth for the next 1,000 years. Of those, the asteroid with the
An asteroid estimated to be around a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on Tuesday. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our planet, moving at 47,344 miles per hour (76,193
It's a Near Earth Asteroid. Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are defined as small Solar System bodies with orbits around the Sun that lie partly between 0.983 and 1.3 AU. Most asteroids are in the
A huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. It won't be close enough to hit us, but it will be close enough to study, so scientists are getting ready. NASA prepares for asteroid 99942 Apophis
The asteroid is expected to make a very close approach to Earth on Feb. 14, 2046; as of March 8, the European Space Agency's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre predicts a 1-in-625 chance of a
Updated calculations show the asteroid, in white, will not hit Earth, in blue. This contrasts with 2007, the last time scientists were able to collect enough data to estimate the 300 metre-wide
01:22. Check the ESA's Risk List today in 2022, and you'll find asteroid 1979 XB at the top of the list. This asteroid has less than a one-in-three-million chance of hitting Earth in 2056. Yet, it
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