Data shows the asteroid is the most threatening to Earth in modern forecasting and would cause "severe damage" to a region if ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

NASA has officially upgraded the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid. The space rock, known as 2024 YR4, has been upgraded a number of times. At the end of January it was given a 1 per cent ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

There are so many asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter — millions of them — that this region is known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and can end up ...

The deposits could prove crucial in comparing the evolved water in the dwarf planet Ceres—located in the Asteroid Belt—and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, since researchers believe these icy ...