The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...

The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

A recent study claims to have found new geochemical evidence of an Earth-altering comet impact at the end of the last ice age ...

NASA has a planetary defense project that identified possible threats in near our solar system that could cause another mass ...

NASA confirmed the asteroid’s course towards Earth. It measures about 87 feet wide and travels quickly. The asteroid will ...

The task helps them survey the vast landscapes of the universe — from the Earth to the moon — in a space known as the Heat ...

The meteorite is roughly 4.56 billion years old, and experts believe it’s a chip off an asteroid from the belt between Mars ...

NASA only labels space rocks as hazardous if they are closer than 7.4 million kilometres and wider than 85 metres.

NASA is monitoring a house-sized asteroid that will pass near Earth on August 16 at a speed of approximately 17,717 miles per ...

A meteorite "crash landed" in Georgia on June 26. Particles that tore through the roof of a home in Henry County, Georgia, 31 ...