There's no cause for concern – at least not yet. Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and sophisticated ...

It's an Earth sandwich! What if we placed our Earth between our Solar System's two asteroid belts: the Main Asteroid Belt and ...

Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to track their orbits more precisely. Taking into account a phenomenon first ...

Recent studies provide unexpected insights into the population of potentially dangerous asteroids orbiting near Earth. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland, using the Zwicky Transient ...

Before you panic about our impending doom, there's good news - a scientist from the University of Murcia has come up with an equation to spot killer asteroids heading for our planet.

Forget Armageddon-sized rocks, just one of 25,000 smaller asteroids could destroy a city on Earth. How to Kill an Asteroid by Robin George Andrew shows how science plans to save the planet ...

The Ramses mission will rendezvous with Apophis in February 2029, two months before its closest approach to Earth on Friday, ...

New research reveals that 70% of meteorites that strike Earth originate from three young asteroid families in the main ...

Despite their significant size, NASA has confirmed that both will remain at a safe distance from Earth. Although both asteroids will be close in astronomical terms, they will still pass safely by ...

Astronomers have promising news about potentially hazardous asteroids near Earth: there aren’t as many as previously thought. Using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to scan large sections ...

Asteroids not only represent a potential threat to humanity, they also offer great opportunities, especially for the future.