The mysterious blast site of the Tunguska Event of 1908 is revealed in satellite images obtained by NASA’s Operational Land ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

a remote area in Siberia. The Tunguska Event devastated 830 square miles and flattened 80 million trees, representing the largest asteroid crash to occur in modern times. Asteroid Day is held every ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

No expense was spared in transporting the precious asteroid cargo to Houston. At the Utah Test and Training Range, workers prepare to transfer the sample-return capsule from a truck to a Boeing C-17 ...

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

According to NASA’s Center for NEO Studies, ... The Tunguska asteroid event in Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, was the Earth's largest asteroid impact in recorded history.

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...