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

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, thanks to a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. Known as ...

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 ...

In the days ahead, stargazers will have a chance to witness some Lyrid meteors before the shower hits its peak in activity ...

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 ...