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

A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit — sort of. Although it’s being called a “mini-moon,” the object is ...

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

Any time you see a headline about an asteroid heading towards the planet, you can relax. Big and small asteroids fly by Earth ...

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 ...

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

The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will ...

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

Eager to not meet a similar fate, the National Academy of Sciences has called for planetary defense to be a national priority ...

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

The 2024 PT5 "mini-moon" asteroid will soon be in Earth's orbit. Here's everything you need to know about this celestial ...