We all know that asteroids are out there, that some of them come dangerously close to Earth, and that they've struck Earth ...

The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

IT starts with a glimmer in the sky – just a pinprick of light, barely distinguishable from the stars. But this is no distant celestial body – this is a massive 2,560-foot-wide ...

Ryugu, a 900-meter diameter asteroid in the Apollo belt, has recently proven useful in our search for signs of life's precursors elsewhere in our Solar System. A team of researchers has found ...