A newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth ...

While these asteroids are approaching at very close distances, scientists have confirmed they pose no threat to our planet.

The incoming object created an impact basin and sent streams of rocks hurtling like missiles, NASA said. Within minutes, two ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

An asteroid spotted in late December 2024 caught astronomers’ eyes and simulations to determine possible orbits indicate the object could strike Earth in 2032, but West Virginia University researchers ...

New NASA observations show a near-Earth asteroid with more than a 1% chance of impacting Earth in seven years.

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

NASA estimated probability that an asteroid could collide with Earth in 2032 was raised from 1.6% to 1.9%, with the news ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...