C0WEPC5, as the asteroid has been temporarily named, entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over Russia ...

A live feed provided by the Gianluca Masi-Virtual Telescope Project will be added to this story at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET ...

Earth got a relatively close shave this morning (Dec. 4), as a sizable space rock zipped by just 1.4 million miles (2.2 ...

This asteroid, named 2024 XA1, is only the 11th object we have ever managed to detect before it entered our planet's ...

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...

An asteroid is expected to make a “close pass” to Earth next month. In October, NASA confirmed that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 ...

NASA Asteroid Watch shared in an alert on X that the asteroid “was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok ...

XA1, struck Earth on Dec. 3, 2024, burning up over Siberia. It's the 11th detected before impact. No damage was reported.

Research shows that some of Earth's largest asteroid impacts, despite their destruction, had minimal long-term climate ...

The asteroid, which has the temporary designation C0WEPC5, has now become the 4th "imminent impactor" discovered in 2024, ...

People in northern Siberia saw a fireball streak through the sky on Tuesday as a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere ...

A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth. It's the ...