Scientists have identified the Bennu asteroid threat as the highest single-date impact probability for any known asteroid.

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

Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of International Asteroid Day. In the decade since the United Nations established the observance, scientists say Earth is better prepared to def ...

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago The Chicxulub impactor At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's imagining of a saprotrophic fungus. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In the wake of the catastrophic ...

An asteroid larger than many downtown office buildings will make a relatively close pass by Earth on Saturday, June 27, offering astronomers a rare opportunity to study thus sizable near-Earth object.

Scientists have finally confirmed the origin of the mysterious Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. New evidence shows that an asteroid about 160 meters wide struck the seabed roughly 43 to 46 ...