Acquiring more data, like refining the space rock’s trajectory, may reduce the odds of a direct hit to zero. But astronomers ...

The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth ...

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid thought to be around 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) in diameter impacted the Earth, ...

Researchers did not expect the huge size of the meteorite given the frigid continent's history of thousands of space rocks ...

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

Researchers uncover the oldest asteroid crater in Australia, revealing its role in shaping Earth’s ancient climate.

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.