Asteroid 2005 UK1, nicknamed nickname planet killer because of its huge size, will fly within 0.08 astronomical units AU, or ...

Was was the worst asteroid ever? Fifty thousand years ago, a space rock slammed into Earth and made a big boom.

Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision ...

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal 700-meter asteroid, 2025 SC79, lurking dangerously close to the Sun. This 'twilight killer' belongs to the Atiras class, making it nearly invisible and capable of ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on Earth. Take a look.

They survived the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, but something else sealed their fate just a few hundred thousand ...

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...