An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video ...

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

A surprising discovery has been made by the Planetary Defense Team that detected the 40,000th Near-Earth Asteroid whose path is dangerously close to our planet’s trajectory in the ...

An asteroid's chances of hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen again to over 3%. Experts say not to worry for now, as chances the asteroid will miss the Earth stand at nearly 97%. Astronomers now say a ...

The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of September. An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...