In 2013, an asteroid roughly 66 feet wide exploded high above Chelyabinsk, Russia, producing a shockwave that damaged ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly discovered asteroid the size of an adult blue whale is set to fly past Earth today (May 18) at 24% of the average ...

WASHINGTON — A newly discovered asteroid will make a "close" pass by Earth on Monday, May 18. It will happen just after 5 p.m. ET. The asteroid, designated 2026 JH2, will first pass by the Moon around ...