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

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

Scientists in Europe have detected what they believe could be the third known object from another star system to enter our ...

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

On that fateful day, an asteroid detonated above the remote Siberian wilderness in Russia, unleashing a force equivalent to 185 atomic bombs dropped on Japan's Hiroshima. The blast leveled ...

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It was first discovered zipping near the sun this fall.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/Atlas as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going on sale and is set to become the most expensive space rock in the world. The 54lb ...

Four other space rocks will also skim past the planet. On June 16, asteroid 2025 HN6, which is almost the size of an aeroplane, will fly by Earth at a safe distance of 2,440,000 km, posing no ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

Scientists uncovered a brand-new species of dinosaur in a jar that has sat in museum storage for almost 20 years.