The Lucy spacecraft is already well on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. But that doesn't mean that it can't make some ...

Most people are aware that an asteroid wiped out much of life on Earth around 65 million years ago, and this knowledge ...

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...

Looking up at the night sky often brings peace. Occasionally, space visitors capture public attention. One such visitor is ...

First came the fireball, then a hole in the roof and a dent in the floor In late June media speculated that a meteor entering ...

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...

You’re more likely to be killed by an asteroid than struck by lightning — and scientists have the numbers to prove it. From ...

Space is an active place. Asteroid 2025 OT7 will fly by Earth in August 2025. It is about 170 feet wide. It will travel at ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 OY12 is on course. The airplane-sized space rock is moving at 27,422 miles per hour.