A distance of 56,000 miles may sound like a lot but it’s just a whisker on the scale of space encounters and it’s how close a ...

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to investigate a metal-rich asteroid captured rare glimpses of Mars during a recent flyby.

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May ...

A newly discovered asteroid estimated to be about 62 feet wide will zoom near Earth on Monday, though it is not expected to pose a threat to the planet.

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars in a precision flyby that helped catapult it deeper into space toward its ultimate ...

Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers a rare and ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to gain speed on its journey toward a strange metal-rich asteroid deep in the ...

An asteroid recently discovered by NASA officials is being monitored after passing close to Earth on Monday.

JH2 was discovered only days before its encounter, on May 10, by astronomers at the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona ...

A bus-sized asteroid named 2026 JA1 will safely pass Earth on May 13, 2026, at a distance of about 605,000 miles. NASA ...

A 67-foot airplane-sized asteroid named 2026 KF will fly close to Earth on May 22, 2026. Scientists are closely tracking the ...