An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Eclipses, meteor showers, supermoons, oh my ...

Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken comet on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. It could result in a brand new meteor shower. Night sky watchers in North America have ...

Stargazers could be treated to a dazzling display at the end of May thanks to the remains of a shattered comet. The possible meteor shower, called the tau Heruclid, is forecast to peak on the night of ...