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

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

As people prepare for Christmas Eve celebrations, the skies are preparing for their own dramatic spectacle. Tonight, a ...

Outer space is sending Earth some early Christmas presents, but it may be just as well that at least one of them is way too ...

NASA will deploy cutting-edge technology to better understand the inner workings of 2024 XN1 during its near-Earth passage.

An airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's ...

"In 1969, we landed humans on the moon; on Christmas Eve in 2024, we are going to embrace a star," Nour Raouafi, project ...

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

With Christmas Eve just around the corner, many children might be hoping to spot Santa flying overhead. But NASA has now warned that reindeer won't be the only things soaring above Earth in the ...

A massive asteroid, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," is set to skim past Earth on December 24 at an astonishing speed ...

Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them to within 120 million miles of the Sun.

A massive 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph. According to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard, asteroid 2024 XN1 should pass by harmlessly at a ...