Every day about 100 tons of comet dust and asteroid fragments collide with the Earth. Most burn up in the atmosphere. However, a kilometer-size or larger asteroid could someday hit our planet, causing ...

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 ...

Last week, I wrote about the UA’s OSIRIS-REx space mission to gather samples from an asteroid. One of the OSIRIS-REx’s mission is to teach us earthlings about the mission via Facebook, Twitter and ...

A “killer asteroid,” large enough to decimate Baltimore and the surrounding areas, may be heading toward Earth at this very moment. No, I’m not talking about the one that scientists say arrived on ...

Scientists are raising serious alarms about hidden threats from space that could strike Earth without warning. NASA officials have revealed that thousands of large asteroids, capable of destroying ...

Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise information from tiny "spherules" embedded in layers of ...

They're calling them "planetary embryos". When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket ...

While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Since the beginning of time, humans have looked up at the stars and dreamed of exploring the universe.

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid currently zooming past Earth at an incredible 22,638 miles per hour. The rock, designated "2025 HP," is estimated to be about 32 feet wide, according to NASA's ...