A 70 cm asteroid is expected to enter Earth's atmosphere over northern Siberia tonight around 9:45 pm IST. Experts predict it will burn up, creating a stunning fireball, posing no danger to Earth.

An asteroid was pegged to hit Earth “imminently,” according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Fortunately, this one wasn’t big enough to land a team of deep-core dril ...

A completely harmless and tiny asteroid was detected early on a collision course with Earth on Tuesday. Measuring about 27 inches wide, the asteroid was detected by astronomers at the Kitt Peak ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

The dinosaurs saw a grisly death at the hands of an asteroid, but who’s to say that Earth’s modern-day inhabitants won’t meet the same fate? Fortunately, scientists are already hard at work ...

Discovered in 1852, the asteroid 16 Psyche, composed largely of nickel and iron, is estimated to be worth $10,000 quadrillion. NASA launched the Psyche spacecraft in 2023 to study the asteroid ...

The asteroid's surface temperature varies daily between ~310 and ~340 Kelvin (approximately 37–67 °C), and reaches as low as 200 Kelvin (-73 °C) when not exposed to sunlight.

An asteroid struck Earth on Tuesday, Dec. 3, less than 12 hours after astronomers first discovered it. The space rock, reckoned to be about 1.6-4 feet (0.5-1.2 meters), according to EarthSky ...

NASA is monitoring a “massive” asteroid which is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday. Scientists keeping a close eye on the asteroid have assured it poses no threat. (1.) As per data presented by ...

The asteroid should create a harmless fireball over Siberia. A tiny asteroid was detected on a collision course with Earth today (Dec. 3) and is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 XR taken on 24 Nov. 2024 by Gianluca Masi at The Virtual ... [+] Telescope Project. An asteroid as wide as the Empire State Building is tall will fly by Earth ...