Scientists have found proof that a huge asteroid smashed into the sea off the coast of Yorkshire 43 million years ago.

The asteroid named 2025 FA22 was once categorised as potentially hazardous and is said to fly by Earth on September 12.

A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the famous near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in April 2029.

A new report from the Commercial Space Federation warns that China could soon overtake the U.S. in the "new space race." The ...

In scientific terms, it is normal for some predictions to fail. Not so much in the how, but in the when. A few years ago, some astronomical experts predicted that an asteroid would ...

Scientists have discovered that microbial life colonised the Lappajarvi impact crater in Finland shortly after a massive ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

A building-sized asteroid, 2025 FA22, is set to pass by Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 523,000 miles.

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

A skyscraper-size asteroid, classified as “potentially hazardous,” will make a close pass by Earth on September 18, and skywatchers can catch the event through a simple backyard telescope or a free ...

Scientists thought that an Australian museum’s collection of tektites came from an 800,000-year-old asteroid strike on Earth. Some of them turned out to be much older.