Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

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

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

That prompted Kimmel to quip, “Does he have any self-awareness at all? The character of Biff in Back to the Future is based on him and that was 30 years before he became president.” Back to the Future ...

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...

Scientists recently doubled the chances that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth in 2032. While earlier estimates said the ...

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

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...