The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

On Wednesday, an unprecedented memo from the International Asteroid Warning Network reached the United Nations Office for ...

Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named ...

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

NASA and ESA are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which is about 328 feet wide and has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

Asteroid 2024 YR was likely a "small, rocky object" measuring 40 to 100 metres and weighing about 220 million kgs. "If it was ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.