Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

NASA has issued an alert that an asteroid, TP17, is scheduled to skirt by Earth today at a distance of 2.8 million miles.

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder ...

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

Over time, the meteorites that land on Earth will be able to tell the story of events happening 200 million miles away in ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

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

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...

Ice on ancient asteroids like Ryugu may have been crucial in kickstarting life on Earth. Researchers from Imperial and ...

Astronomers have good news about potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near our planet: There aren't as many as we thought.

NASA has unveiled its strategy to counter potential asteroid threats in its National Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan ...