A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the public about the threats space rocks pose to Earth.

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

A small asteroid flew 266 miles over Antarctica. It was too small to pose a threat, but objects of that size can produce ...

China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is operating normally on its way to a near-Earth asteroid ahead of sampling later this year, according ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

Asteroid 2025 YU15 will sweep past Earth at remarkable speed this February, drawing global attention and raising questions about how closely scientists are watching the next celestial visitor.

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft captured a selfie with Earth when it was about 26.7 million miles (44M km) from Earth and 28 million mi. (45M km) from asteroid 2016HO3. Credit: Space.com | footage courte ...

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