was the mass extinction that followed the impact of a colossal asteroid. That event is the reason dinosaurs aren’t around today and, perhaps more importantly, why mammals had a chance to boom ...

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.

She joined PEOPLE in 2021, but has eight years of experience ... and is the same asteroid that is being examined today – but astroid Eros marked NASA's first near-Earth asteroid rendezvous.

Related: What happened when the dinosaur-killing asteroid slammed into Earth? In that 2021 study, the research team suggested that the megaripples, which have an average height of 52 feet (16 ...

An asteroid the size of a house is approaching Earth today followed by two other smaller ... Meanwhile, a bus-sized asteroid ...

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis ... has never been as important as it is today.

NASA has been monitoring the asteroid and providing updates on its ... Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected] and follow ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet ... to categorize and rate the threat of near-Earth objects, USA Today reported. More: 7 planets will parade across Michigan's sky this week ...

As happens about 20 times a year with current detection capabilities, a known asteroid will safely pass Earth on Wednesday closer than the distance from Earth to the Moon. This asteroid ...

NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...