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

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

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

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...

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

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.

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

Volcanic eruptions caused sulfates to gush into the air and turned Earth into an icebox. Later, dinosaurs came into this ...

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

In comparison, the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs was much larger, at least 10 to 15 kilometres wide.