Giant 'God of Darkness' Asteroid May Not Escape Earth

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.
"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...
New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...
The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.
From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact ...
Of the five asteroids set to breeze through on Thursday, only one of them fits the bill as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), and that one won’t be coming close enough to cause any alarm.
Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...