There are millions of asteroids in the asteroid belt (and perhaps just as many trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit), and some of them potentially contain precious metals worth more than all the money ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

NASA has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, up from 1 in 42 as reported in ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...

The chances that an asteroid hits Earth in 2032 are now at their highest since the object was first discovered, according to ...

Space agencies monitoring the Y24 asteroid said there was a 2.6-percent chance of impact with Earth, up from 2.2 percent a ...

The chances of an asteroid as large as the width of an NFL field striking Earth continue to tick up, according to NASA.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...