Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...

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

The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed. A ...

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 ...

In 2022, a probe was sent crashing into an asteroid as part of a “planetary defence” test. This Monday, the second part of ...

NASA is monitoring two asteroids, one the size of an airplane and the other like a bus, flying by Earth today. Additionally, ...

New images of an asteroid impact crater buried deep below the floor of the Atlantic Ocean have been published by researchers ...

Meandering between Mars and Jupiter, an asteroid named Psyche holds an estimated worth of a staggering $10,000 quadrillion.

Ants started farming 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a new study suggests ...

Two asteroids, 2024 TE (car-sized) and 2024 SR4 (aircraft-sized), are on an Earth-approach path today. Will it have any ...

The bouncy bot was designed by university students in Switzerland for exploring microgravity environments, such as asteroids.

A new space mission could potentially change the course of asteroids, significantly reducing the threat they pose to Earth.