Scientists have identified the Bennu asteroid threat as the highest single-date impact probability for any known asteroid.

While no imminent asteroid threats have been found for Earth, Chinese scientists discussed two ways to deflect a space rock ...

A large asteroid does not need to hit Earth to expose a hard truth: the most dangerous space rocks may be the ones spotted too late. That is the problem behind a new analysis of how to stop the ...

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

About the size of an adult blue whale, the asteroid will be even closer to Earth than the moon on Monday evening. Asteroid 2026JH2 will pass Earth Monday, closer than the moon but poses no threat.

A 3-billion-year-old impact structure in Western Australia rewrites what scientists know about Earth’s earliest and most violent chapter. Deep in the ancient rock country of Western Australia, ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus. Reading time 2 minutes A large rocky asteroid will make a close approach to ...