The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

A relatively small object in space, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to zip past Earth on January 31.

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...

A small object, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to zip past Earth on January 31. Read more: ...

A sample from a primitive asteroid that was parachuted into Utah's West Desert in 2023 revealed the building blocks of life, ...