An asteroid as large as the Washington Monument is due to pass Earth next week, approaching closer than the orbit of our moon. The asteroid, named 2024 MK, is estimated to be between 394 to 885 feet ...

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...

(NEXSTAR) — A day after a small asteroid impacted Earth on Tuesday, another, slightly larger asteroid is set to come into view — this one, however, is just passing by. Early Tuesday morning, NASA’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA - P.Carril A car-sized asteroid will pass at about half the distance between Earth ...

The massive space rock is about 890 feet in size — more than double the size of the Empire State Building in New York City Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has ...

A 49-foot-wide asteroid the size of a house is flying by Earth on Monday causing astronomers to take note, but it's not expected to be cause for alarm experts say. The newly discovered space object, ...

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...

The asteroid was estimated to be around 42 feet in diameter and traveling at a speed of more than 40,000 miles per hour. NY Post illustration That asteroid in the sky appeared closer than it seemed.