Asteroid

Museum curator made a habit of monitoring flashes on the moon

Daichi Fujii has logged about 60 impacts on the Moon since 2011, giving astronomers fresh data on asteroid strike rates.

The surface of the moon.
Illustration: asteroid near earth.

Giant asteroid 2025 FA22, 1000x the Chelyabinsk meteorite's mass, rushes past earth today

The orbit of 2025 QV5 around the Sun brings it close to Earth and Venus. For most of the next century, the asteroid will pass closer to Venus more often

No danger, says NASA: Airplane-sized asteroid buzzed Earth at 28,000 mph

This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera, July 21, 2025.

A new guest in the cosmic neighborhood: The possible extraterrestrial origins of 3I/ATLAS


Asteroid the size of 45 aardvarks to fly past Earth Wednesday - NASA

Asteroid 2023 NE1, said by NASA to pass the Earth on Wednesday, July 19, is as much as 100 meters in diameter. Or in other words, around 45 aardvarks.

 An asteroid is seen flying near the Earth, specifically near the Middle East, in this artistic illustration.

Humans' ancestors, dogs, bats may have coexisted with dinosaurs – study

Primates, whom humans evolved from, rabbits and hares, dogs and cats were shown to have evolved just before the mass extinction, so they coexisted with dinosaurs.

 Life reconstruction of Brontosaurus excelsus, a type of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur (Illustrative).

Asteroid the size of 35 chickens to pass Earth on Saturday - NASA

Asteroid 2023 NY – no relation to the US state of New York – is set to pass Earth on Saturday. At 25 meters, it's around the size of over 35 chickens.

 An asteroid is seen flying near Earth in this artistic illustration.

Asteroid the size of 100 hot dogs to pass Earth on Monday - NASA

Asteroid 2018 NW has a diameter of around 16 meters, which is around as much as 100 hot dogs. But hold onto your buns because it isn't going to hit us – though it may fly close.

 An asteroid is seen flying near the Earth, specifically near the Middle East, in this artistic illustration.

Asteroid the size of 3,500 Big Mac hamburgers to pass Earth - NASA

Asteroid 2023 HO6 is passing Earth right after the Fourth of July. In honor of this, we are using a quintessential American food, the McDonald's Big Mac hamburger, as our metric of choice.

 An asteroid is seen heading toward Earth in this illustrative image

These countries are most likely to survive nuclear war, asteroid impact

Discover the countries with the highest chances of survival in the face of nuclear war, asteroid impacts, or other catastrophes. Get ready to book your tickets.


Asteroid twice the size of the Titanic to pass Earth Saturday - NASA

467336 (2002 LT38) is, if rounding up a bit, twice the size of the infamous sunken passenger liner, the Titanic, according to NASA. But we're in no danger of it hitting the Earth.

 An asteroid is seen passing by the Earth in a flyby (Illustrative).

UFO spotted in Las Vegas just a meteor, alien sightings unexplained - report

The streak of light seen in Las Vegas on April 30 was deemed to have been a meteor fireball rather than a UFO. But the alien sightings, while deemed credible haven't been explained.

 POV of an alien abduction experience.

Asteroid the size of 15 alpacas to fly past Earth on Monday - NASA

Asteroid 2016 LK49 may have a very close flyby of the Earth on Monday, June 19, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.

 An asteroid is seen flying near Earth in this artistic illustration.

Colossal asteroid the size of 99 narwhals to pass Earth Thursday - NASA

Asteroid 2020 DB5 has no relation to the James Bond car the Aston Martin DB5, but this 850-meter asteroid is set to pass Earth soon, according to NASA.

 An asteroid is seen flying near the Earth, specifically near the Middle East, in this artistic illustration.