According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has cowritten a research paper speculating whether the comet 3I/ATLAS is in fact "hostile" ...

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks and preview what's coming in 2029.

After a scientist claimed a 'hostile alien threat' could attack Earth within months NASA has weighed in on the situation.

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.

A large "city-killer" asteroid previously thought to have an increasing chance of colliding with Earth may actually be on course to hit the Moon instead, according to fresh calculations. The space ...

An asteroid, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, has a chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. According to NASA, asteroid 2024 YR4 has a low probability of hitting Earth ...

A huge asteroid, 2025 MA90 is hurtling through space at around 20,000mph and is set to pass by Earth later today, reaching as close as six million kilometres from our planet ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home.

Earlier this month, astronomers made a fascinating discovery: a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, with interstellar origins ...

Since being first reported in Chile on Jan. 27, 2025 after a close approach with Earth on Dec. 25, the asteroid's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to 2.3%.