If a killer asteroid threatens Earth, stopping it may involve sending human astronauts to divert it. The new documentary Mission Asteroid looks at how scientists are preparing for the ultimate natural ...

Asteroid the size of a blue whale to skim past Earth today – and you can see it - Astronomers are tracking the object as it approaches Earth, with one observatory hosting a live stream ...

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 ...

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 first ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...