The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...

Monroeville Public Library is holding a three-part children’s series on space, where participants learn fun facts about the ...

Around one to two billion years ago, this mega-asteroid broke apart in the Asteroid Belt, producing a chunk of rock that us ape-like inhabitants on the Solar System’s third planet would one day ...

How do spacecraft avoid collisions when passing through the asteroid belt? Val-David Smithson Pleasant Grove, Utah Let's begin by reviewing some astronomical "history": Han Solo and his rebel ...

The UAE is developing a space craft to land on an asteroid belt beyond Mars. In the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and ...

massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...

Around one to two billion years ago, this mega-asteroid broke apart in the Asteroid Belt, producing a chunk of rock that us ape-like inhabitants on the Solar System’s third planet would one day call ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus also ...

The object is likely the smallest observed to date by Webb and belongs to the poorly known sub-kilometer category in the Main Belt. A previously unknown asteroid about 300-650 feet/100–200 ...

The lander is part of the larger mission to the asteroid belt The lander, designed to study the asteroid Justitia, will be part of the larger EMA initiative, which spans a 13-year mission to ...