Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock, which was spotted last month and is currently heading away from Earth.

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit - The nearly 200-foot ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials ...

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...