A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

Recent fossil discoveries in New Mexico have provided compelling evidence that dinosaurs were thriving just before the ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

The range of possible locations – represented by yellow points – of 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032. The range decreased from April to June as we gained more data and improved our certainty of the ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

Two giant asteroids that struck Earth about 36 million years ago did not cause any long-lasting shifts to our planet's ...

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...