Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The largest asteroid ever to hit Earth, which slammed into the planet around 2 billion years ago, may have been even more massive than scientists previously thought.

An asteroid some six miles (10 kilometers) wide or bigger smashed into Earth and created the Vredefort Crater, in present-day South Africa, some 2 billion years ago, long before even the dinosaurs ...

An asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032 could trigger a gigantic explosion that would send debris streaming ...

If you disqualify Ceres based on its dwarf planet status, then the largest asteroid is Vesta, at 326 miles (525 km) across. Meanwhile, the smallest asteroid is a matter of some debate.

Yet an asteroid some 130 to 300 feet across can be, depending on its composition, regionally devastating. The asteroid that ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, NASA reports. Astronomers all over the world are watching the asteroid, trying to narrow down its future path. The risk will likely ...

NASA set to deliver biggest asteroid sample yet: What you need to know. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to drop 250g of pebbles and dust from asteroid Bennu after seven-year quest.

A NASA asteroid detection system discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, and found it has an over one percent chance of hitting Earth. ... The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

A big asteroid is coming close to Earth. Be excited, not afraid. To be clear, the asteroid is not going to hit Earth — not in our lifetime nor our children’s lifetimes, anyway.

Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 71°F. Tuesday, October 29th 2024 ...

The largest asteroid ever to hit Earth, which slammed into the planet around 2 billion years ago, may have been even more massive than scientists previously thought.