Tagged With Near-Earth Objects

5 times asteroids got dangerously close to Earth

Talia Lakritz

Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids — 'for God's sake, fund it'

Dave Mosher

A 5-billion-ton chunk of iron once slammed into Greenland, leaving a crater big enough to hide Paris in

Dave Mosher

A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid bigger than Earth's tallest skyscraper is about to fly near our planet

Dave Mosher

NASA just filmed a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid flying near Earth, and it may be 2 times bigger than thought

Dave Mosher

Astronomers just filmed a giant, peanut-shaped asteroid flying through space -- and one day it might strike Earth

Dave Mosher

An asteroid is about to slip between Earth and the moon -- and it will be the second in 3 weeks

Dave Mosher

An asteroid just flew by Earth about 50% the distance to the moon, and we barely saw it coming

Dave Mosher

SURPRISE: Earth has two moons

Rafi Letzter