The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

NASA is closely tracking asteroid Apophis, a massive Near-Earth Object that could cause widespread destruction if it collides ...

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

NASA is closely monitoring asteroid 99942 Apophis, nicknamed the ‘God of Chaos,’ as it makes a close pass by Earth today.

Lauretta and his colleagues had spent nearly 20 years building a spacecraft designed to collect material from an asteroid and ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

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

Data from the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu place a ceiling on the strength of a hypothetical fifth force that could explain dark matter’s origins.

What's worse than getting punched in the face? Getting hit twice. Scientists now say that's almost precisely what happened to the dinosaurs -- just on a much, much larger scale. The asteroid that ...

How important is it to identify killer asteroids before they strike your planet? Ask any dinosaurs. Oh, wait… Granted you also need a way to redirect them, but interest in finding them has ...

“20/20” looks at the case of Mary Winkler and the trial that shocked a nation.