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A man armed with a metal detector found a heavy rock back in 2015 and thought it was gold. It turned out to be much more valuable.

NASA will launch its very first planetary defense mission later this week, where it will crash a spacecraft into an asteroid.

NASA are planning on colliding a small spacecraft into an asteroid in hopes of changing its orbit. Is this asteroid dangerous?

A NASA expert has revealed the chances of a moderately sized asteroid impacting Earth within the next one hundred years.

NASA experts working on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test have answered some public questions about asteroids impacting Earth.

A famous comet has made its closest approach to Earth in November 2021 and won't come close to our planet for 200 years.

The origins for the mysterious quasi-satellite that orbits the Sun with Earth may have been found, 'It's a kind of missing piece'.

NASA has warned that an asteroid around the size of the Eiffel Tower is approaching Earth, and it's 'potentially hazardous'.

A NASA expert has answered the burning question, 'When was the last time an asteroid hit Earth?'. The answer may surprise you.

Scientists and researchers were unaware of the space rock that just barely missed Earth's surface. There was no advanced warning.

NASA will be launching the world's first attempt at deflecting an asteroid very soon as the space agency locks in the launch date.

A NASA scientist that is a planetary defense expert has answered this question: 'What if an asteroid were going to hit Earth?'

NASA has confirmed the existence of an asteroid coming extremely close to Earth. It passed cleanly between Earth and the Moon.

A recently published study has proposed a new method of planetary defense that would explode an asteroid on track to hit Earth.

NASA has announced that its Lucy spacecraft that was recently launched has experienced a glitch with one of its solar arrays.

NASA's asteroid tracker indicates that a series of asteroids larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will be approaching Earth.

Astronomers located what could be the largest comet ever discovered and found that it's heading towards Earth from deep space.

A woman was awoken by her dog barking and was shocked to find out how close a meteorite was to nearly killing her in her sleep.

Researchers have published a new study that details an asteroid located near Earth that would be worth trillions if mined.

NASA locked in a launch date for when the space agency will launch a spacecraft that'll collide with an asteroid at 15,000 mph.

A new study has found that nuking an asteroid is 'very effective' at stopping its collision with Earth, preventing an apocalypse.

A space agency is planning to launch a new space probe that will journey to a location between Mars and Jupiter for a landing.

A new study has detailed an asteroid that could potentially contain $11 trillion worth of precious metals, and it's near Earth.

NASA reports that two asteroids traveling around 21,000 mph will be making a relatively close approach with Earth very soon.

A new study has estimated the arrival time for the largest comet that has ever been discovered, comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein.

NASA explained that these certain asteroids hold secrets about the origin of our solar system as they are billions of years old.

More than eighty people have reported seeing a blazing visitor from space streak across the night sky over the United States.

Reports indicate that asteroid 2021 SG is estimated to be around the size of a warehouse and passed Earth without anyone knowing.

The biggest space object to enter Earth's atmosphere since 1908 caused millions in damages and injured more than 1,200 people.

NASA's database says an asteroid that could be three to six times the size of the Statue of Liberty is fast approaching Earth.

NASA's solar electric propulsion system will be powering the spacecraft that will be inspecting the asteroid called 'Psyche'.

A Brazilian amateur astronomer has captured a magical moment while viewing Jupiter as a space rock met its fiery demise on video.

A senior astronomer has said the 'dog-bone' shaped asteroid named 'Kleopatra' challenges our understanding of the solar system.

NASA recently updated the odds of a collision with Earth, one of the two most hazardous objects floating around our solar system.

A team of astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope to take the best images so far of the 'dog bone' shaped astroid.

NASA has classified an asteroid traveling towards Earth at 21,000 mph, that'll arrive this month, as 'potentially hazardous'.

Researchers have put forward an answer to why the asteroid named Phaethon is exhibiting comet-like activity in a new study.

An asteroid lining up with Earth could be completely catastrophic for life here, but will an asteroid such as this happen?

NASA is moving closer to the launch of its spacecraft called DART that is destined to collide with an asteroid at 15,000 mph.

Astronomers have located what is now believed to be the fastest-orbiting asteroid in our solar system, it's called 2021 PH27.

NASA has updated the world on the odds of one of the most likely asteroids impacting Earth that would cause devastation.

NASA will be attempting to deflect an asteroid with what the space agency is calling a 'Double Asteroid Redirection Test', or DART.

NASA has classed the 4,500-foot wide asteroid as 'potentially hazardous' as it will make a relatively close approach to Earth soon.

Researchers found that the likelihood of this mile-wide asteroid hitting Earth is much greater than what was previously thought.

Researchers have a new ultra-precise measurement for when the highest chance one of the most likely asteroids will hit Earth.

Researchers have outlined in a new study the origins of the dinosaur-killing asteroid that hit Earth around 250 million years ago.

Researchers believe they have found the dark origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs around 250 million years ago.

Asteroid 2016 AJ193 has had its trajectory discovered, and it will pass within a 'potentially hazardous' distance to Earth.

NASA calculations are showing that a Great Pyramid of Giza-size asteroid will have a 'close' fly-by with Earth on the weekend.

Chinese scientists want to make their best effort towards saving Earth from a cataclysmic asteroid that could hit Earth.