An asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ...

In How to Kill an Asteroid, Robin George Andrews looks at the successes and shortcomings of planetary defense.

The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the ...

Asteroid 2006 WB will zoom by Earth on Tuesday ... Large NEOs pass by Earth all the time, which sounds like bad news, but it’s fine. No, really, it is. "A lot of these close encounters ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according to Space.com. There's no cause for concern – at least not yet.

An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to ... Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) to be between 20 and 43 feet in diameter, making it between the same size as a giraffe or a ...

Asteroid 2006 WM is considered a stadium-sized object, but even that is an estimate. According to NASA's NEO database, it could be larger, over 500 feet, or smaller. Large NEOs pass by Earth all the ...

What's worse than getting punched in the face? Getting hit twice. Scientists now say that's almost precisely what happened to the dinosaurs -- just on a much, much larger scale. The asteroid that ...