There aren’t as many potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near Earth as previously thought, according to a new study.

Any time you see a headline about an asteroid heading towards the planet, you can relax. Big and small asteroids fly by Earth ...

The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't ...

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

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...

NASA plans to blast “planet killer” asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft – or even a nuke. The space agency ...

Researchers found evidence from astroid craters that Earth may have had a ring, like Saturn, formed 466 million years ago.

The asteroids, named 2018 QE, 2024 TD3, and 2024 TK3, are part of NASA's ongoing efforts to monitor space objects.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids expected to pass Earth on 3 October 2024.

The space rock, named 2016 JG38, after the year it was discovered, is classed by the US space agency as a "Near Earth Object" ...

The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission:: File:: 'Hera' will assess a small moon ...

But as soon as 2024 ON was discovered, astronomers calculated it would pass by our planet ... While tiny NEOs smack Earth every day, the larger ones hit far less often. Asteroids the size of ...