Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once shared a terrifying prediction about when an asteroid could possibly hit Earth.

ASTEROIDS are constantly passing Earth – and every once in a while some make a direct hit. Fortunately, the latter are all too small to pose any serious threat and burn up in the atmosphere.

The extent of this damage depends upon the properties of the object and the area where it will hit. But an asteroid of 140 ...

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...

An asteroid is approaching the Earth which the experts say will come close enough to be caught in our planet’s gravity well, ...

A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its ...

Earth may have had rings. At least that's what a new study published this month claims. Here's what we know so far.

Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from ...

The ring could be responsible for a prolonged drop in temperatures millions of years ago. Earth may have had a giant ring of ...

A chance encounter with another asteroid could steer Apophis destructively close to Earth during a future passage.

The results of his study suggest that an object as small as 0.6 meters across could potentially nudge the asteroid onto a ...

( NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth ...