Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

In recent weeks, scientists have said the threat of a recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 has risen slightly, ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

The vast majority can be found in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between Mars ... miles is the closest it will get to us here on planet Earth. Originally named 1999 RQ36, it was renamed ...

This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and ... decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...