The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

On nights when an asteroid is scheduled to pass Earth, a certain type of silence is present. It's not a storm warning's ...

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

A small asteroid just gave the Earth a close buzz. The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at 8:49 p.m. EDT ...

Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused serious damage if it were to make landfall on the planet. The European Space Agency says the ...

A NASA planetary expert has revealed that humankind has no way to protect against a city-killer asteroid if it were to head ...

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

A newly discovered asteroid just whizzed past Earth, marking the second-closest asteroid flyby on record, astronomers say. The asteroid flew over Antarctica just before 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 30, about ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...