The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

In 2022, NASA performed a first-of-its-kind test. The agency intentionally crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid, nudging it just enough to change its trajectory. The mission gave the space ...

If the asteroid’s path ends at Earth, NASA isn’t helpless, Fieber-Beyer said. For the first time in known history, NASA's DART mission in 2022 was able to deflect an asteroid with a kinetic ...

We know this can work. On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) collided with the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, more than 7 million miles from Earth. DART was a success ...

The company is targeting the asteroid 2022 OB5, with the aim of eventually landing on its surface and extracting potentially valuable resources. Odin was built in 10 months for $3.5 million, a sliver ...

The company is targeting the asteroid 2022 OB5, with the aim of eventually landing on its surface and extracting potentially valuable resources. Odin was built in 10 months for $3.5 million ...

Another mission that caught a ride on IM-2’s launch was Odin, a small satellite from startup Astroforge designed to collect data and images from asteroid 2022 OB5 for potential mining.