Belfast astronomer at ground control on mission to stop asteroid strike on Earth - Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s ...

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

Stargazers have the opportunity to close the year with a gift from nature, with a meteor shower to say goodbye to 2024 and ...

The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...

NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December ...

Apophis is set to fly past the Earth on April 13, 2029, and return every few years into the distant future. But scientists ...

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...

Nasa has issued an update on a huge asteroid which will pass Earth on Christmas Eve. On the night when Father Christmas will ...

Asteroid 2024 XN1, a space rock the size of about a 10-story building, is fast approaching planet Earth with a velocity of 14 ...

XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...

An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting ...