The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

Despite previous research, Earth's long-gone mega-reptiles probably weren't dying off before an impact winter did them in for ...

NASA has issued a warning about asteroid 2023 KU, a 370-foot-wide space rock traveling at over 64,000 km/h. Expected to ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...

Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...