Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

When a giant asteroid hit Earth around 66 million years ago, it created a massive disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs. But ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

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New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...

Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...

NASA is preparing to monitor several asteroids, including 2024 TB2, 2007 UT3, and the larger 2020 WG, as they make safe ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis.