The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2022 YS5 is approaching. The space rock will make its closest pass on 17 July.

Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids – one the size of a skyscraper – are expected to pass by Earth on Thursday, astronomers say. The asteroids range from 100ft to 580ft across, and two of ...

Bullseye! How DART hit an asteroid 7 million miles away 05:09. An algorithm designed to discover near-Earth asteroids has identified its first "potentially hazardous asteroid," researchers from ...

2020 XR will makes its closest approach to Earth at approximately 11:27 p.m. on Tuesday. The fly-by for asteroids 2020 XR and 2007 JX2 comes not long after a small asteroid was observed "on a ...

A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor ...

Asteroids approaching: One as big as Mount Everest, one closer than the moon ... When the mountain-sized asteroid was discovered in 2011, it was classified as "potentially hazardous." ...

Five asteroids will pass Earth in the days before International Asteroid Day on Sunday. But don’t worry — scientists say none of these sun-orbiting rocks pose any immediate risk to us.

A “potentially hazardous” asteroid about the size of a large skyscraper is predicted to zoom past the Earth at a distance of 1.7 million miles away from the planet on Friday, according to Nasa ...

The asteroid, named 2024 WF5, will come over twice as close to us as the moon, at a distance of around 104,000 miles.

Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids – one the size of a skyscraper – are expected to pass by Earth on Thursday, astronomers say. The asteroids range from 100ft to 580ft across ...

A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor ...