The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than an atomic bomb has triggered global space agency alarms. The odds that the space rock dubbed Y4, which is nearly ...

The asteroid follows a highly elliptical, four-year orbit, swinging through the inner planets before shooting past Mars and out towards Jupiter. For now, it is zooming away from Earth – its next ...

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The object that struck the moon is estimated to have been about 15 miles (25 km) in diameter, larger than the asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago and doomed the dinosaurs. "When the ...

But a pinch of grit from a distant asteroid collected by a NASA spacecraft ... them might be going on today on the ice moons of Jupiter and Saturn. “Our odds of finding life elsewhere are ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football ... planets before shooting past Mars and out toward Jupiter. For now, it's zooming away from Earth -- its ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter's moon, Europa, and Saturn's moon, Enceladus ...