2 days ago · You are looking at a real-time visualization of every known asteroid or comet that is classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO). With asteroids represented as blue points, and comets as …

An asteroid is a minor planet —an object larger than a meteoroid (thus 1 meter or larger) that is neither a planet nor an identified comet —that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with …

2 days ago · A bus-sized asteroid is set to buzz Earth late on March 12, passing less than one lunar distance from our planet less than a week after its discovery.

Mar 6, 2026 · Asteroid, any of a host of small bodies, about 1,000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a nearly flat ring …

2 days ago · A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed …

12 hours ago · The asteroid, which was about the size of a humpback whale or a school bus, passed within 200,000 miles of Earth Thursday night, before heading out to space.

2 days ago · ESA’s Planetary Defence team allays fears 100-metre-wide object could hit Earth’s moon and disrupt satellites Fears that a 100-metre-wide asteroid could be on course to collide with the …

Mar 6, 2026 · Discover the rocky objects orbiting our sun with the latest asteroid news, features and articles.

14 hours ago · A long-running dispute about the origin of a North Sea crater has finally been settled, as new research finds a massive asteroid hit the water and triggered a towering tsunami millions of …

5 days ago · Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most asteroids can be found …