The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped ...

NASA has been tracking a house-sized asteroid in the vicinity of Earth that is hurtling through space at a zippy 42,300 miles per hour. Known as "2025 HM4," the asteroid's path brought it within a ...

"On April 1, the spacecraft detected a pressure drop in the line that feeds the xenon gas to the thrusters, going from 36 ...

An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not classified as 'potentially hazardous' due to its distance, its size and ...

If an asteroid measuring 3,000 feet were to hit the Earth, which statistically happens about every 700,000 years, it would cause global devastation, and possibly the collapse of civilization.

The European Space Agency has identified another asteroid as a potential collision ... large enough to cause major regional damage if it hit Earth - and has been named after Apophis, the ancient ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today, Friday, May 9. Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space rock - named 612356 (2002 JX8) - will pass around 2.6 million miles ...

Dinosaurs weren't in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth ... at nearly 18 million years of fossil evidence. "It's been a subject of debate for more than 30 years — were dinosaurs doomed and ...

It is 340 meters (1,100 feet) in diameter - large enough to cause major regional damage if it hit Earth - and has ... ever recorded for an asteroid of this size (40 to 100 meters). The impact risk has ...