Look at it this way — there's almost a 99 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth in eight years. Still, there's up to a two per cent chance it will, ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of the solar system's formation, composed of rock and metal, and usually ...

Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

Discover the fascinating findings from asteroid Bennu: pristine salt minerals reveal the presence of liquid water in the ...

The Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the presumed asteroid on January 2 - even giving it an official name of ...