A huge asteroid is likely to just miss Earth, but scientists are still worried—here's why.

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid Apophis during a close encounter with Earth ...

The main goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners, its builders say. The nonprofit B612 ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office SALT LAKE CITY — Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and ...

Nasa's DART mission achieved a remarkable feat by changing the orbital path of an asteroid. The spacecraft made a high-speed impact on Dimorphos, a small moonlet, resulting in a 32-minute reduction of ...

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Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson warned that a gargantuan asteroid with enough power to level entire cities is on track to hit Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first identified ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway ...

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Asteroid 433 Eros is swinging back into Earth’s neighborhood this weekend, bright enough for backyard telescopes and even some binoculars as it glides past our planet. The elongated space rock, famous ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life. By Robin George Andrews See ...