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

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

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

A newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years ...

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.

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 ...

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