ASTEROID

A group of non-astronomy majors at the University of Maryland made a surprising discovery about a rare asteroid.

Just hours after being discovered, the first asteroid spotted in 2014 disintegrated after hitting Earth's atmosphere on January 2.

Mars may play a role in "refreshing" asteroids, which could explain why they appear redder than meteorites.

An unusual-looking asteroid spotted by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope has six comet-like tails that resemble spokes on a wheel.

Some scientists think the danger from smaller asteroids, like the one that exploded over Russia in February, has been underestimated.

The United Nations plans to set up an asteroid defense group that will spearhead missions to deflect dangerous asteroids.

Japan's Hayabusa2 will feature a "space cannon" that will fire a projectile into an asteroid in 2018.

NASA quickly ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2013 TV135 hitting Earth, but there is some concern over another "doomsday asteroid," asteroid Apophis.

NASA indicates that the giant asteroid 2013 TV135 will not destroy Earth in 2032.

Astronomers were able to compare previous observations of asteroid Vesta with new data collected by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

NASA is entering the workshop phase of its Asteroid Initiative and is encouraging the public to participate in the presentations beginning on Sept. 30.

Researchers believe a large space probe could deflect an asteroid away from Earth thus avoiding a potential catastrophe.

NASA’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft, WISE, will return to service to assist the space agency in exploring asteroids.

NASA has created a visual map of all of the 1,397 potentially hazardous asteroids surrounding the Earth.

The discovery of a comet graveyard in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains "Lazarus comets" that come back to life with a little help from Jupiter.

Researchers have named the small objects orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune centaurs and new observations indicate these mysterious objects are most likely comets.

NASA has issued a Grand Challenge to identify all potential asteroid threats to Earth.

Radar images show what seems to be a 2,000-foot-wide moon circling the 1.7 mile-wide QE2.

Thankfully, 1998 QE2 is going to stay out pretty far -- at least 15 times the distance between the Earth and the moon.

Lunar rock samples bear a chemical fingerprint that suggests the Moon once had traces of water that originate from the asteroid belt near Jupiter.

Startup company Uwingu charges a fee to nominate names for extrasolar planets, which the International Astronomical Union isn't taking kindly to.