A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no danger to the planet.

NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...

A chunk of rock roughly the size of a city bus is about to skim past our planet, close enough for NASA’s instruments to track every move but far enough that it poses no threat. The flyby is a reminder ...