A giant asteroid roughly the size of a skyscraper will pass within seven lunar distances of Earth on June 27. Here's how to ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - NASA projects that an asteroid has reached the highest chance of hitting earth, ever. “That percentage of a 3.1 percent chance was the highest out of any object that they have ...

NASA has reached major milestones in asteroid exploration. Here are five highlights.

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

The main goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners, its builders say. The nonprofit B612 ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office SALT LAKE CITY — Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and ...

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network, which ...

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