Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...

A 17-foot asteroid, roughly the size of an airplane, will approach Earth on October 4. Named 2024 TF, it will pass by at a ...

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

FOX Weather's Robert Ray captured this footage from Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday and says it's the worst damage he's ...

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

Earth has got a new mini-moon for the next couple of days and it has fascinated people across social media. Albeit, it might ...

The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, captured a series of radar images of the near ...

A powerful burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to stop Armageddon just in the nick of time, a new ...

On Sept. 29, Asteroid 2024 PT5 entered Earth’s gravitational pull. PT5 will orbit in a horseshoe shape, meaning it won’t ...

A series of radar images taken by Nasa has revealed that a large asteroid which zoomed past Earth last week was actually two ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...