Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

A huge asteroid came within 300 miles of hitting Earth, and scientists only noticed after it had already skimmed past the planet. The 9.8-foot (three metre) space rock, dubbed 2025 TF, flew over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused serious damage if it were to ...

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

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 ...

On December 22, 2032, a sixty-metre-wide asteroid may strike the Moon. If this happens, it will not only produce a visible flash, easily spotted from Earth, but will likely be followed by periodic ...

Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused serious damage if it were to make landfall on the planet. The European Space Agency says the ...