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 ...

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.

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.

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

When the dust that covered the skies 66 million years ago prevented plants from photosynthesizing and benefited creatures ...

According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid impact caused a global mass extinction but also created ideal ...