An asteroid skimming just 200 miles above the planet sounds like science fiction, yet recent flybys have come uncomfortably close to that mark. Several small space rocks have threaded the gap between ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused serious damage if it were to ...

A small asteroid just gave the Earth a close buzz. The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at 8:49 p.m. EDT ...

An asteroid about the size of a small building zoomed past Earth unnoticed by astronomers last week, coming as close to the Earth’s surface as the International Space Station, according to the ...

An asteroid entered Earth's personal space bubble last Thursday. Astronomers from the European Space Agency recorded the second closest flyby of Earth on Sept. 30, dubbing the floating space rock 2025 ...