Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but ...

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

Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but there are a few with very real chances of making contact. Watch the full ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

Located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, asteroids come in many shapes and sizes. Most are small, only 10 ...

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.

Even if we could grab a big metal piece and drag it back here … what would you do? The only detail the company will share is that the asteroid in question is likely to be rich in platinum group ...

The first near-Earth asteroid which is the smallest of the group at around 100 feet across, came within 3.4 million miles of us. The latter, a 170-foot-wide boulder, reached within 2.9 million miles.

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that broke up about 10,000 years ago.