Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.

When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Named for the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis is capable of destroying a city if it were to strike ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

Temporary flows of saltwater could explain mysterious gullies and fan-shaped deposits spotted across asteroid Vesta.

The asteroid wasn’t real ... Through its billions of years, the Earth has been hit by vast numbers of asteroids, once much more common than it is now; an early one might have formed the Moon ...