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

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

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was also tracking another asteroid, known as 2020 XR, as it passed close to Earth — ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much.

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