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

Hearty bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

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 ...

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

A factual look at projections of a potential 2032 asteroid impact on the Moon, including how scientists track near-Earth objects and assess impact probabilities.

NASA is evaluating a last-resort option that sounds like science fiction: a potential nuclear strike against an asteroid known as 2024 YR4. Originally flagged as a possible Earth impact risk, updated ...

A car sized asteroid can sound like a cliffhanger, yet the real tension lives in the math. NASA’s trackers list 2026 CR2 for a close pass on Feb. 17, 2026, moving about 12,616 miles per hour, with an ...

NASA's top planetary defense expert reveals the biggest threat isn't Hollywood-style doomsday rocks, but undiscovered 'city-killer' asteroids. While large and small threats are known, an estimated 25, ...

NASA planetary defense experts warn that up to 15,000 undetected asteroids could devastate a major city on Earth.

NASA experts warned that human beings are vulnerable to thousands of hidden “city-killer” asteroids. A new space telescope may improve detection, but we currently lack tools to stop a threat., US Buzz ...

"We would not have any way to go and actively deflect one right now," warns the scientist who led NASA's DART mission.

While not an official term, "city-killing asteroids" refers to asteroids large enough to significantly damage cities if they were to crash into Earth, the scientists said. Asteroids are rocky, airless ...