NASA says a loud boom, heard across multiple U.S. states on Tuesday, was caused by a meteor caught in several eyewitness videos.

NASA confirms the DART mission changed an asteroid system’s orbit around the Sun - the first time humans moved a celestial body in space.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission not only altered an asteroid’s orbit but, for the first time, a new study shows we also successfully changed the asteroids' path around the sun.

Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago.

A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashes through the roof of a house in Georgia, revealing clues about the origin of the Solar System.

Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...

New research shows structure is one of Earth’s rare impact craters after massive asteroid struck region millions of years ago ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

After years of debate, researchers have determined that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid ...

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

The solar system asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 11:27 p.m. EDT on March 12 (0327 GMT on March 13), when it will pass 197,466 miles (317,791 kilometers) from t ...