Scientists plan to bury into an asteroid and blow it up to save Earth - Nuclear bombs planted in space rocks could save us ...

When we think of planet killer asteroids, survival odds might seem slim. But we aren't defenseless.

On Sunday, an aging Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa2, which completed its initial sample-return objective more than half a ...

In the year 2080, an asteroid called 101955 Bennu, (formerly called 1999 RQ36), will make a series of close orbital approaches to Earth, and there is a one in 1,800 chance of it colliding with the ...

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what ...

A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

An asteroid roughly the size of one to two school buses will fly by Earth Monday, coming as close as 91,593 kilometers (56,913 miles), according to the European Space Agency — equivalent to about one ...

Ancient asteroid impacts may have done more than reshape Earth's surface—they could have helped spark life itself. New computer models show the collisions created enormous underground hydrothermal ...