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A newly published study has caused the common theory of a space rock causing the extinction of dinosaurs to be rethought.

Astronomers located a comet that is now the largest comet ever to be discovered. It's 1,000 times bigger than a typical comet.

Astronomers found a huge 'mega comet' that is believed to close to dwarf planet size and will be entering our solar system.

NASA has rung the alarm for an asteroid that is potentially bigger than the Eiffel Tower making a 'close approach' with Earth.

NASA's very first asteroid-harvesting mission has just put a spacecraft holding asteroid samples on a long journey home to Earth.

Researchers and scientists have estimated that the asteroid that landed in Botswana took nearly 23 million years to reach Earth.

A worrying simulation from NASA has revealed that if an asteroid was headed towards Earth we couldn't even stop it if wanted to.

On March 21, Asteroid 2001 FO32 passed by Earth, and the Virtual Telescope Project (VTP) managed to capture a great image of it.

2020 has been crazy, and now another thing can be added to the list of surprises as scientists found an asteroid heading for Earth.

NASA has announced that a SUV-sized asteroid just passed by Earth, marking the closest asteroid fly-by ever recorded by scientists.

Astronomers have spotted a first of its kind space object that is a crossover of a comet and an asteroid.

Scientists have found the first extraterrestrial protein inside a meteorite that landed on Earth thirty years ago.

MIT researchers have announced our battle plan to defend against a 'planet-killing' asteroid.

Astronomers have located a massive asteroid that orbits the Sun closer than Venus does.

A meteor crashed into Earth 800,000 years ago and scientists have just found the crater.

Scientists have used 70 graphics cards to run a simulation of how space bodies enter our solar system.

Quite a giant asteroid will pass close to Earth, and luckily it's not on a collision course.

The second interstellar object to enter our solar system is unfortunately boring.

Why mine the Moon when we have asteroids that could yield more profit than both lunar poles.

A small shoebox-sized probe has snapped some insightful pictures of an asteroid that is floating close to Earth.

An asteroid that had the potential destruction power of a nuclear blast was just buzzed past Earth and astronomers missed it.

No need to call Bruce Willis and company just yet!

The U.S. military plans to keep some nuclear weapons available in case an asteroid poses a significant threat to the Earth.

NASA is keeping an eye on an asteroid passing between the Earth and moon today with 1 in 10,000,000 chance of hitting us.

NASA wants to find a stray asteroid, pull it toward the Moon and study it.

New research says that a comet was responsible for dinosaur die off, not an asteroid.

End of the world will not be happening in 2029 or 2036 according to NASA.

2005 YU55, an Asteroid that comes pretty close to Earth in just 1 weeks time.