An asteroid only about 80 centimetres wide was detected in space just hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere, giving ...

The asteroid was estimated at about 0.8 meters, and it posed zero threat to people or infrastructure on the ground.

A newly discovered asteroid may collide with Earth on Valentine's Day about 20 years from now, NASA officials tweeted out Tuesday. According to the space agency's Planetary Defens ...

An asteroid brushed Australia's northwest on Sunday, September 6. So, how often do they hit Earth and how different are they ...

CERNQ52, a diminutive asteroid, streaked into Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, detected by astronomers merely hours ...

A small asteroid burnt up harmlessly over the Indian Ocean after being detected just hours before impact, marking a rare ...

Is asteroid Apophis ever going to hit Earth? For a while, people had reason to worry. When astronomers first spotted it back in 2004, their early calculations showed a small, but ...

Photo screenshot: Reading Recap YOUTUBE/Audio from the meteor strike off the coast of Massachusetts as heard in Reading, MA. New Englanders got a jolt from the sky over the weekend. A meteor blazed ...

A clear look at the 2032 asteroid question and what scientists know so far.

Meteors can light up the sky in the form of shooting stars, but they often burn up in the atmosphere. Some are able to make it through, however.