Some astronomers believe that Jupiter, instead of protecting Earth from dangerous comets and asteroids, is actively…

NASA will begin developing a space-based telescope to track the asteroids near Earth, according to a statement by…

Of all the things that could end our world, an asteroid strike may be the doomsday we have the most control over.

Last week, local media reports indicated that a meteorite hit the Cuban town of Viñales after soaring across the…

Every once in a while, our planet captures a “mini-moon,” a tiny asteroid that hangs out in our orbit for a bit…

Late last year, astronomers detected the first known interstellar asteroid, dubbed ‘Oumuamua. New research suggests…

Early tomorrow, a small asteroid will zip past Earth well inside the Moon’s orbit. NASA says poses no threat, but…

Oh Florence, we really needed you this month. There’s a petulant species of brainy monkeys apes that just can’t seem…

A mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique just got a NASA promotion to the design phase. Called…

Four years ago, an asteroid the size of a city bus screamed across the skies of Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering…

If an asteroid were closing in on our planet, we’d know about it quickly thanks to a dedicated network of…

It’d be such a shame to lose this fragile, watery planet to an asteroid strike. NASA’s newly-formalized Planetary…

Fresh off the heels of Spooky the Halloween Asteroid comes news of yet another celestial object coming to pay us a…

On All Hallow’s Eve, an asteroid dubbed “Spooky” will make its closest approach to our planet. Hurtling along at an…

We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween. A rather large asteroid—discovered…

Measuring 250 miles (400 km) wide, the now-buried crater in Australia was ground zero for a cataclysmic impact that…

A stellar orange dwarf has a 90% chance of passing through the outer reaches of our solar system no earlier than a…

Around 3.26 billion years ago — long before the dinosaurs — a massive asteroid measuring nearly 36 miles (58 km)…

Behold the peanut-shaped Asteroid 2006 DP14, a 1,300-foot (400-meter) long object that recently flew past Earth. The…