All news on the topic: Asteroids

Almost twenty years ago, a potentially hazardous asteroid "Apophis" was predicted to have an extremely close fly-by with Earth in 2029 and even predicted to hit the planet

The white dwarf star was discovered with a strange metallic scar on its surface, which likely occurred when the star ripped up and ate a small planet in its orbit

Asteroid 2008 OS7 will pass our planet at a distance of 1,770,000 miles today and although NASA say it poses no threat, the space agency hasn't ruled out the risk of a future collision

2007 EG, a 71-metre asteroid, is set to pass over Earth tomorrow (January 30). Although the particular asteroid won’t strike us, we aren’t necessarily safe for the rest of the year…

The asteroid, dubbed 2007FT3, was spotted 16 years ago but was so faint it vanished although scientists were able to work out when it is next due near the Earth later this year

That is how many lumps of rock have escaped the main belt of 600,000 asteroids between Mars and Jupiter and nudged their way towards Earth's orbit, according to the European Space Agency

There are millions of flying asteroids in our observable universe - but NASA has compiled a list of the ones we need to be the most worried about, with some capable of global devastation

NASA aerospace engineer Brent Barbee has revealed how a destructive asteroid on a collision course with the Earth could be hit with nuclear warheads in space to save mankind

NASA spacecraft 'Psyche' left for an asteroid believed to have rare metals that hold clues to the understanding the universe. The spacecraft will travel a whopping 2 billion miles

From The Beatles, to Dolly Parton, Mr Spock and other famous names, as technology has advanced scientists have had to come up with even more creative names for asteroids

NASA scientists hope the studying the asteroid could glean valuable information about how planets are formed. There is also the added incentive of the possibility it contains untold wealth in the form of rare metals

The first asteroid sample collected by NASA has reached Earth after it was released by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft earlier today. The sample is from asteroid Bennu

A capsule containing samples from the Bennu asteroid is due to touch down in Utah later today. OSIRIS-REx. NASA predicted there is a small chance Bennu could hit the Earth in 2182

NASA experts have shed light on the chances of the huge asteroid smashing into earth - even giving a date when the three-mile wide space rock could land on our planet

Scientists believe an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building could hit Earth in 159 years' time - and NASA experts are finalising plans for an Armageddon-style deflection should it be required

Hurtling through space is an asteroid so large, it has led to speculation it is completely jam-packed with precious metals worth £8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - making everyone on Earth billionaires

NASA is gearing up to launch a spacecraft to study the asteroid 16 Psyche, estimated to be worth $10 quintillion in precious metals

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is on a mission to asteroid 16 Psyche, rumored to hold a mind-boggling $10,000 quadrillion worth of precious metals

The asteroid, known as 2023 NT1, passed our planet unseen after approaching from our known blind spot through the glare of the Sun, and was only spotted two days later

Two huge asteroids will be whizzing past Earth on Monday, and one of them will be closer than the Moon at just 69,000 miles away - which means it's defined as a near-Earth object

Scientists have been studying the potential effects of an asteroid colliding with the Earth. This International Asteroid Day, we take a look at what would happen

The biggest is due to pass by on Saturday, June 24 and according to NASA's calculations has the diameter as much as 450 meters - or the equivalent of 37 London buses

Two asteroids, the size of a plane and another of a building, are set to pass by the Earth today, although neither are feared to come closer enough to pose any kind of a threat

Asteroid 2006 HV5, which has been classified as Potentially Hazardous Asteroid By NASA, will pass by the Earth at a distance of just 1.5 million miles on Wednesday

The European Space Agency has listed three asteroids which are set to make close approaches to the Earth in the early hours of Sunday morning and one is described as a risk