An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video ...

Jonathan Hammond says he fell out of his chair when a car crashed through his neighbor's fence and then into his home ...

Asteroid 2007 FT3 was classified as a city killer before vanishing in 2007 and remaining untracked for nearly two decades.

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...

On hearing the words "city killer" and "asteroid" in the same sentence, you'd be forgiven for thinking something bad is about to happen. But not to fear. Although an asteroid with the potential to ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a collision are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space ...

Of Meteors and Buckyballs Aired February 23, 2001 - 7:40 a.m. ET . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That's easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...