NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, ...

When a city-size asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs – and sent a monster tsunami rippling around the planet, according to new research.

During this season of pandemic and climatic global disasters, it’s worth considering our preparedness for the worst reasonably-possible disaster: A large asteroid slamming into our planet ...

Over a decade, Tianwen-2 will sample rocks from a near-Earth asteroid, return them to Earth and then visit a comet.

When a massive asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it triggered a chain of disasters—firestorms, tsunamis, and ...

The latest calculations indicate that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is much less likely to hit Earth than earlier measurements had suggested. Late on 19 February, telescopic observations of the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some problems for our planet.

A NASA telescope captured images of the asteroid that had a chance of hitting Earth three months ago.

The Earth’s first mass extinction was a catastrophic event that nearly wiped out all life, but against all odds, life on Earth managed to recover and evolve in ways that would forever shape the planet ...

An asteroid impact on our planet is one of few natural disasters science is capable of accurately predicting and potentially preventing.

The age of the dinosaurs ended 66 million years ago with the ultimate bad day, not a prolonged period of climate change wrought by volcanic activity, according to new research.

Asteroid expert Gretchen Benedix looks at nine asteroid disasters from movies and TV, including "Armageddon" (1998), and "Greenland" (2020).