The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

The NEO Surveyor mission is the first space telescope that'll be dedicated to locating asteroids that could threaten Earth, ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" is also making a close pass, traveling at 19,260 miles per hour and reaching ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth ... As space agencies continue their efforts to explore, sample, and even mine asteroids, these objects are of immense ...

That's why the tracking efforts continue ... This could involve a mission similar to NASA's DART, which altered the path of asteroid Dimorphos pretty spectacularly when it slammed into it in ...

A gigantic asteroid, roughly the height of the Eiffel Tower, is heading towards Earth for what astronomers are calling a ...

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, is set to approach Earth on May 24, 2025, at a distance of 6.68 million kilometers. Classified as ...

By late February, experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had analyzed new data submitted by astronomers worldwide. The refined results ruled out the possibility of the asteroid hitting Earth, ...

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ... JPL asteroid risk list," NASA said. "It is also possible its impact probability will continue to rise." ESA is also tracking ...

led space mission to have a spacecraft fly by the asteroid to get more information; or creating an effort to build a ... In the meantime, NASA is on track to launch a new asteroid-finding ...

Here’s the scenario: The government has confirmed NASA astronomers ... cooperative efforts can and can’t currently accomplish in the face of an impending asteroid strike.

emphasizing the ongoing need for vigilance and research in asteroid monitoring. The discovery and tracking of 2024 LB4 are part of NASA’s ongoing efforts to monitor Near-Earth Objects (NEOs ...