An asteroid only about 80 centimetres wide was detected in space just hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere, giving ...

A tiny asteroid was spotted in space just hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere, giving scientists a rare opportunity to ...

A newly discovered asteroid may collide with Earth on Valentine's Day about 20 years from now, NASA officials tweeted out Tuesday. According to the space agency's Planetary Defens ...

The asteroid was estimated at about 0.8 meters, and it posed zero threat to people or infrastructure on the ground.

At roughly 60 kilometers (around 40 miles) above Earth, the fireball enters Phase 4 and reaches a melting equilibrium. Its ...

An asteroid brushed Australia's northwest on Sunday, September 6. So, how often do they hit Earth and how different are they ...

Is asteroid Apophis ever going to hit Earth? For a while, people had reason to worry. When astronomers first spotted it back in 2004, their early calculations showed a small, but ...

Don't look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is said to make a close call early next week, flying by Earth, but rather ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a ...

Paris: Picture the scene: An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It's the size of the Eiffel Tower, shaped like a peanut and potentially hazardous — sounds scary, right? Take asteroid 2026 JH2. It was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nuclear asteroid defense simulations show how X-rays from a standoff blast could fracture a 160-meter asteroid. (CREDIT: ...