A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

The asteroid, which was about the size of a humpback whale or a school bus, passed within 200,000 miles of Earth Thursday night, before heading out to space.

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

NASA's DART mission, which tested a planetary defense strategy, successfully changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022. The mission also unexpectedly altered the orbit of Dimorphos's larger ...

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 EG1, is set to make an exceptionally close pass by Earth on the night of March 12, 2026.

It's the first time a celestial body's orbit around the sun was deliberately changed. The asteroid that NASA's Dart ...

Somewhere, out in the cold depths of space, there is a space rock that could destroy a large chunk of life on Earth. Is this fate inevitable? Could we find a way to stop it, or will we eventually ...

Spread the loveThe cosmos is buzzing with excitement as a newly discovered asteroid, designated as 2026 EG1, is set to make a close flyby of Earth tonight, just days after its discovery. First ...