"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

we could nudge it enough to avoid disaster. —How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth?

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The ...

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Nubeo’s limited edition Atari Asteroids watch respects the manic nature of high-stakes arcade gaming.

When it comes to both asteroids and earthquakes, that devastation tends to be less than might be feared. The scale gives specific information about who exactly should be worried about an asteroid.

KILLER ASTEROIDS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH. NASA JUST ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH SPACEX TO LAUNCH THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT, OR NEO SURVEY OR MISSION. YEAH, WELL, THE ODDS ARE SMALL OF IT EVER ...

Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...

There are countless numbers of asteroids and an unknown number of comets throughout our solar system. Most of these objects date back to the very beginnings of our solar system, around 4.5 billion ...