The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

At 950 feet in diameter, the asteroid is about the size of a typical stadium ... The asteroid 2002 JX8 is large enough for NASA to deem it as "potentially hazardous" space object.

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in just a few hours. The gigantic space rock, which NASA compares to the size of a ...

Asteroid 2025 HY2, an Apollo-class asteroid ... While not a direct threat, its size, similar to a Boeing 737, highlights the potential devastation of undiscovered asteroids.

"This 230–510 meters large asteroid will reach its minimum distance (about 4.2 millions of km, 10.9 times the average lunar ...

Scientists at the Center for Near Earth Object Studies who track the long-term potential orbits of near-Earth objects have said it is unlikely that a large asteroid capable of causing widespread ...

The reports detail the mineralogy and chemistry of a sample taken from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which was brought home by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Origins, Spectral ...

Article continues below The asteroid is classified as "potentially hazardous" based on its size and the fact that its orbit can bring it relatively close to our planet in the future.

NASA describes it as "stadium-size", but Michigan Stadium in the ... "This 230–510 meters large asteroid will reach its minimum distance (about 4.2 millions of km, 10.9 times the average lunar ...