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 ...

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

The massive asteroid that ended the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not an isolated event, new research has revealed.

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

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 ...

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

New research suggests the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs came from beyond the outer Solar System, confirmed by rare ...

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

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

Prof Alan Fitzsimons is an astronomer from Queen’s University Belfast and has been assisting with the asteroid mission for ...

Experiment shows that, in a worst-case scenario, humanity could use a nuclear explosion to save the planet from a deadly ...