Recently discovered asteroid 2023 DW has been predicted to have a close encounter with Earth on Feb. 14, 2046. See NASA's current impact predictions along with an orbit animation. Credit: Space.com | ...

February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...

The space agency announced the discovery on Tuesday. Fortunately, the asteroid, dubbed 2023 DW, only has a “very small chance of hitting” our planet in 2046. The asteroid will make its ...

Take asteroid 2023 BU for example. This asteroid was just discovered last weekend by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov, who watches the skies from Nauchnyi in Crimea. This newly discovered space ...

Asteroid 2023 BU was discovered on Saturday, January 21, but it's making quite a stir in the astronomy world as it's moving right towards us. It is set to travel roughly 6,500 miles past the ...

Its large size makes it a significant concern for long-term monitoring. Asteroid 2023 DW, measuring 166 feet, has a 1 in 1,584 chance of impacting Earth on February 14, 2046. Another asteroid ...

For only the seventh time, an astronomer spotted an incoming asteroid just hours before it crashed to Earth. Krisztián Sárneczky of Hungary recorded the object, now designated 2023 CX1 ...

Shockingly, experts have estimated that this asteroid has the potential to wipe out humanity. This space rock is a newer addition to the group, discovered only in 2023. After initial calculations ...

In 2016, NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, the first US mission to collect samples from an asteroid. Now, the historic mission is coming to an end seven years later. The sample capsule from OSIRIS-REx ...