ASTEROID

The researchers used meteorite samples from NASA to confirm their theory.

NASA was tasked in 1994 with identifying potentially Earth-threatening asteroids greater than 0.62 miles in diameter.

At its closest approach, the asteroid will be about 22,000 miles from our planet's surface

This is the first time scientists have managed to collect data before and after a planetary-system smashup.

The 2014 HQ124 is classified as a “potentially hazardous asteroid” based on its size and distance from Earth.

"The Beast" will make a close approach to Earth on Thursday.

An asteroid the size of a school bus passed close to Earth on Saturday.

The image was taken after nightfall on the 606th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars.

According to a new report, Earth has been hit with 26 nuclear-level asteroid impacts since 2000.

"Kerbal Space Program" received a new update which adds a new "Asteroid Redirect Mission," which emulates its real-life NASA counterpart.

Making shock-waves in the science and space community is the discovery of a giant asteroid that like Saturn and other gas planets has rings.

Astronomers made a surprising discovery when they observed the asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two rings.

One of the brightest stars in the sky will briefly dim, in a process known as occultation.

The asteroid was about 100 feet across and its closest approach to Earth was at about 217,000 miles from the planet.

An asteroid called is scheduled to make a pass by Earth on Wednesday. Watch the live stream of the near-Earth encounter here.

The reactivated NEOWISE spacecraft has detected its first comet.

A huge asteroid heads toward Earth this evening, here is everything you need to know about it.

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2000 EM26 will make it close-approach to Earth on Feb. 27 and a live stream will begin at 9 p.m. EST.

A New Yorker writer offers snapshots of species disappearing before our eyes -- perhaps the first waves of a more massive trend.

Astronomers were able to analyze the internal structure of an asteroid for the first time ever.

There is ample evidence that microscopic stuff brought in by comets and meteors could have helped give birth to early life on Earth.