Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...

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.

Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about ...

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 ...

A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...

NASA is closely monitoring a massive 140-foot asteroid, 2026 CU1, as it zooms past Earth today at nearly 18,803 miles per hour.

Asteroid 2026 CU1 will sweep past Earth this week at high speed, close enough to attract attention yet deemed safe, raising ...

On nights when an asteroid is scheduled to pass Earth, a certain type of silence is present. It's not a storm warning's ...

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

On February 10, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a significant contract to OHB Italia for the development of the ...

NASA confirms the flyby of a 410-foot asteroid, 2025 YU15, moving at a speed of 21,306 miles per hour today. Despite its proximity, scientists assure it poses no immediate threat.

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters) ...