The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...

"Asteroids are "bits of a planet that didn't happen" that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter – the Main Asteroid Belt.

Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the ...

Four enormous asteroids, including one with the potential to wipe out an entire city off the map, are making a close flyby of ...

Zinc in meteorites reveals Earth's essential volatiles came from unmelted asteroids, crucial for life. This insight may guide ...

A city-sized asteroid is approaching Earth this October, set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 ...

No need to freak out—only one asteroid is big enough to be considered hazardous, and it’s staying millions of miles away.

On June 30 1908, a significant asteroid impact event in the Tunguska area of Siberia wiped out 80 million trees across 830 ...

Data from the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu place a ceiling on the strength of a hypothetical fifth force that could explain dark matter’s origins.

NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one of four “hazardous” space rocks to graze our orbit in less than 12 hours. Dubbed 2002 NV16, the cosmic ...

NASA is tracking two asteroids passing near Earth soon. Despite their close approaches, experts confirm there’s no threat. Instead, these events offer an exciting research opportunity. Observing these ...