CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 miles per hour. This asteroid, known as 2025 HJ5, is estimated to be between 49 ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids, like the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided a new update on asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing important findings that refine our understanding of its path. This asteroid, which had been a point of ...