Pieces of a potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu will come barreling down to Earth on Sunday, landing in Utah, following a ...

In a few weeks, skygazers will be able to see asteroid “2024 ON” as it swings by Earth at an astronomically close, but still safe distance, according to the Virtual Telescope Project.

But researchers have found hard evidence of an asteroid impact that had a massive effect on the Earth's climate along with asteroid-specific minerals like iridium at the crater in Chicxulub ...

A building-sized asteroid will zoom by Earth Saturday, while another asteroid twice its size will make an even closer approach Monday, with NASA keeping an eye on the second asteroid due to its ...

A British scientist was the first person to see the rocky surface of the asteroid Eros as the American Near Shoemaker spacecraft historically touched down on it. Dr Louise Prockter, 36 ...

However, follow-up observations revealed that the asteroid will sail safely past Earth at a distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) — less than one-tenth the distance between ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. An asteroid impacted Earth today, but it didn’t do any damage. The asteroid in ...

Too much of a good thing is generally a bad thing, but a surfeit of asteroid material ... carefully selected landing site a bit too energetically and really packed the sample container full ...

The California company also just raised $40 million from investors. Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge plans to make history next year. The California company announced Tuesday (Aug. 20 ...

Scientists investigating the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs after slamming into the Earth 66 million years ago have released a new study suggesting that it formed "beyond the orbit of Jupiter." ...

Although researchers could not study a direct sample of the asteroid since it was destroyed, Tissot explained that dust from the impact fell back to Earth, allowing them to study the fine ...

A small and “harmless” asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines Wednesday afternoon, creating a fireball that lit up the sky, photos show. The asteroid zoomed high above ...