Asteroid 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth object (NEO) estimated to be about 1,100 feet (335 meters) across. With its discovery ...

Don’t fret, though — a falling meteor doesn’t mean the end of the world or the same fate as the dinosaurs, which scientists say were destroyed by the impact of an asteroid ... a postdoctoral fellow in ...

An asteroid hit Earth hours after it was detected, evading NASA's early warning system, in the third close call of its kind ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

This event, which took place on October 22, 2024, marks the third “imminent impactor” recorded this year, highlighting the continual and often daunting reality of near-Earth objects (NEOs). Discovered ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

If you thought the mass extinction caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact 65 million years ago was bad, think again. Travel ...

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

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...

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

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...