NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than 1% chance ...

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

Scientists have warned that a newly discovered ‘city-destroying’ asteroid has a chance of smashing into Earth in the next ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.

NASA and ESA are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, with an estimated size of up to 328 feet and a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth.

Asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than 1 per cent chance of colliding with Earth in about 8 ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named ...

According to NASA, an asteroid named 2024 YR 4 could hit Earth in December 2032. The space rock is between 130 feet and 330 feet in diameter. Experts estimate that there is a 1 in 83 chance that it ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...