BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) ...

An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the skies with a blinding flash, dramatic video shows.

A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region. The space rock ...

He also explained that there are plenty of space objects that are floating around up above Earth. And most of them are no cause for concern. Nasa revealed that the asteroid will pass close to ...

The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5 ... "Mini-moon" events occur when asteroids or floating pieces of space junk temporarily orbit the Earth. Their length of time in orbit varies, with some completing ...

The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec. 3 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.m. EST (0526 GMT), passing just under six times the distance between Earth and the moon. The flyby came on ...

The asteroid entered the atmosphere Tuesday morning in northeastern Siberia. A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth.

Editor’s Note: The livestream event meant to show Asteroid 2020 XR making its pass by Earth has been canceled due to weather.

A 10-km wide asteroid fell out of space and smashed into what is now the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. It left a ...