The asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction came from the northeast at a steep angle.

Scientists In the last few years have studied the first observed interstellar visitors to our solar system. They include a comet called 2I/Borisov, spotted in 2019 ...

Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit.

Not long after Valentine's Day ends, a massive asteroid estimated to be between 1,443 feet and 3,248 feet long will pass by Earth around 6:05 a.m. ...

A Japanese spacecraft left a distant asteroid on Wednesday, starting its yearlong journey home after successfully completing its mission to gather soil samples and data that ...

On Saturday, an asteroid will pass by Earth that's larger than some of the tallest buildings on the planet.

Asteroid 2006 QQ23 is scheduled to zoom by Earth on August 10 and, at an estimated diameter of up to 1,870 feet.

Scientists were surprised after an asteroid almost hit earth on Thursday, July 25.

There is a football field-sized asteroid heading in Earth's direction, and there is a possibility that it could collide with Earth, according to multiple reports.

When it comes to extraterrestrial threats, you can never be too careful, and NASA and FEMA aren’t taking any chances. The two agencies, together with some ...

TOKYO—A Japanese spacecraft touched down on a distant asteroid on Feb. 22, on a mission to collect material that could provide clues to the origin of ...

Giant rocks from space are falling from the sky more than they used to, but don’t worry. For the past 290 million years, large asteroids have ...

An asteroid larger than 12 football fields that is set to pass near Earth early next month is being watched by NASA as a “potentially hazardous ...