NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 percent ...

CHICAGO -- A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small chance" of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046, ...

Experts explain why it's "routine" and highlights another encounter in 2029. A plane-sized asteroid scheduled to pass Earth next week is making headlines, but NASA experts want the public to ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer ...