An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video ...

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

While Earth was famously hit by a meteor that killed off the dinosaurs, many others have also hit our planet, many of them ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...

A piece of space debris is the focus of the closest attention of astronomers worldwide as scientists evaluate a rare, but very dramatic, option. A col.

The asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 60 metres in diameter, may strike the Moon in December 2032, potentially causing the largest ...

View post: Winter Storm Warning Map Tracks Powerful Weather Mass After 66.5 Inches of Snow Hits the U.S. Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have ...