One significant threat to life here on Earth is the possibility that a massive asteroid will collide with our planet and destroy life as we know it. To understand the possibilities, large surveys of ...

On Thursday and Saturday, two different "potentially hazardous" asteroids will fly by Earth. The first is as big as a mountain, and the second will be one of the brightest in recent history. Neither ...

The other two space rocks—2015 HM1 and 2024 TP17—have already reached their closest point to our planet at 4:36 a.m. UTC and 8:20 a.m UTC, respectively. The first near-Earth asteroid which is the ...

Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.

A threatening asteroid could bring Earth's oft-squabbling nations together, at least for a while. Dealing with a big, dangerous asteroid that appears to have our planet in its crosshairs will require ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Armageddon is not imminent. Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Billy Bob Thornton can stand down. There is no apocalyptic asteroid barreling toward a catastrophic collision with ...

Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...

Two asteroids have stargazers' attention this week – one the size of Mount Everest and another that will pass closer than the moon – just days before Asteroid Day. The massive asteroid, named 415029 ...

Two asteroids will fly past Earth Friday and Saturday including one that's almost the size of the world's tallest building, but astronomers say neither is a threat to hit the planet. Asteroid 2010 C01 ...

Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new study from physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder. That ...