When we think of planet killer asteroids, survival odds might seem slim. But we aren't defenseless.

A large asteroid does not need to hit Earth to expose a hard truth: the most dangerous space rocks may be the ones spotted ...

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

Asteroid as big as Empire State Building is on its way ...

The likelihood of an impact isn’t low. A 2025 analysis led by the planetary scientist Carrie Nugent estimates asteroids 460 ...

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a skyscraper ... or at least, it's something as big as those things. Several large asteroids are set to pass by Earth this week, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Here’s one less thing to worry about: Scientists have confirmed that NASA is even better than it thought at protecting us from asteroids. Despite doomsday movie plots about Earth-ending collisions, a ...

More space technology must be developed to prevent "city-killing asteroids" from hitting Earth, experts recommended at a recent science conference. While the risk is low, mid-size asteroids near Earth ...

Australian researchers say they have found evidence of Earth's oldest known asteroid impact. It dates back three billion ...

As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size to come near Earth in recorded human history. Roughly the size of ...

For decades, asteroid impacts have been seen as forces of pure destruction, the kind that wiped out the dinosaurs or reshaped ...