A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.

The Earth's Moon is its only one, but scientists recently discovered a new celestial body that will be staying near the ...

Carnegie Science astronomer Scott S. Sheppard discovered the asteroid on September 27 with the Dark Energy Camera on the National Science Foundation's Blanco 4-meter telescope. That telescope searches ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA - P.Carril A car-sized asteroid will pass at about half the distance between Earth ...

The 2025 PN7 is Earth's newly confirmed quasi-moon, a tiny asteroid (approx. 19m wide) that orbits the Sun in sync with our ...

The celestial object is what scientists call a quasi-moon — an asteroid that orbits the sun but appears to move alongside ...

The asteroid was estimated to be around 42 feet in diameter and traveling at a speed of more than 40,000 miles per hour. NY Post illustration That asteroid in the sky appeared closer than it seemed.

The massive space rock is about 890 feet in size — more than double the size of the Empire State Building in New York City Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has ...

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 PN7, a tiny 'quasi-moon' that has been shadowing Earth in near-synchronised orbit ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. But don’t worry: There’s no risk of it hitting our planet since it will pass seven times the distance from ...