Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.

In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

However, simulations suggest that there is a small chance that its trajectory could be altered if another asteroid nudged it. That could have potentially devastating consequences for Earth.

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

Ballouz told LiveScience the findings "introduce a novel mechanism for asteroid surface refreshing that may provide an answer ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

That small streak of light represented the end of a NASA-led mission suffused with peril. Lauretta and his colleagues had ...

New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...