They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

A BIG asteroid, roughly the size of an aeroplane, is hurtling towards Earth. NASA is tracking its trajectory closely., ...

There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there’s still time to worry about bad things arriving from above. The most ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.

A scientists has warned that a destructive asteroid could be heading towards Earth and we don't have the technology to detect ...

A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...

Warmer weather means more time to get outdoors and see what's above. A meteor shower that has been observed for 2,700 years ...

Meteors: When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the ...

Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Giant Asteroid” has been a popular also-ran in the last three presidential elections, at least judging from bumper stickers, ...