Spanning around 410 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at around 30,200 miles per hour.

One team of researchers found that any individual is more likely to die from an asteroid impact than from a lightning strike.

Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops ...

The 27-feet space rock is zooming past Earth at a whopping 45,522 mph.

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 ...

Scientists are meeting this week to figure out how to stop a hypothetical asteroid traveling at 31,000 mph from hitting the Earth. NASA says this is just an exercise and there is no imminent danger of ...

NASA says of Apophis passing by that it is likely "an event like this has not happened at any time in recorded human history." ...