"This is four times more people than saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Think about what a world event this is going to be.

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office HELSINKI — Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft ...

If an asteroid was heading for a deadly impact with Earth, could we nudge it off course safely without making the situation worse? Yes, thanks to a new system for calculating the perfect spot to smack ...

When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch ...

The impact of the North Sea asteroid caused a 328ft (100m) high tsunami of water, geologists said [BBC] Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is 520 feet across. On a cosmic scale, it will ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid spanning the length of the Washington Monument will make a safe, close approach to Earth on Sept. 18 and you can watch the flyby live online courtesy of the Virtual ...

ESA's planned Ramses mission would arrive at the asteroid Apophis two months before the asteroid's April 2029 close flyby of Earth. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — A European-led mission to the asteroid ...

Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and leaving a 1.9 mile (3km) wide crater under the seabed. The Silverpit Crater is ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...

Some may eject huge plumes, while others could absorb the impact with less effect. “Every time we interact with an asteroid, we find something that surprises us, so there’s a lot more work to do,” ...