A private project to mine asteroids for vital resources will launch a series of miniature satellites in 2014 to scope out elements of the mission. ...

Nasa has made a breakthrough in its quest for a reliable way to spot deadly asteroids before they cause harm on Earth. A new camera sensor which ca...

A rock found by a Spanish farmer has been revealed to be an asteroid worth $5.3 million - 30 years since it was found and put to work as a press for c...

Nasa chief Charles Bolden has said the best defence against asteroids is... prayer. The remark was made at the US House of Representatives Science ...

Here we go again - another asteroid is set to pass uncomfortably close to the Earth. But while it might sound like a cause for alarm, its discovery...

A suitcase-sized satellite will be launched on Monday to help in our search for deadly asteroids. The launch comes just two weeks after a dramatic ...

The United Nations has held high-level discussions about the threat of asteroids and meteors after last week's bombardment in Russia. According to ...

An 150-metre wide asteroid has passed by Earth just 27,700km (17,200 miles) closer than many communication satellites, and just one tenth the distance...

An asteroid capable of destroying London will skim past the Earth on Friday, approaching closer than many satellites. Scientists say they are sure ...

An asteroid half the size of a football pitch and with the destructive power of an H-bomb will narrowly miss striking Earth on February 15, scientists...

Nasa is testing heat shields made from the soil of the Moon, Mars and rocks from asteroids. The space agency wants to know whether the shields coul...

A massive asteroid twice the size of the Titanic, discovered less than a week ago, has missed the Earth after passing close to our planet. The rock...

The real latent risks to life on earth are unpredictable impacts of asteroids and eruptions of super volcanos. Both have struck the Earth in the past and there is a chance that both may threaten life again.

A new world of resources is about to open up in outer space and it's backed by some pretty big investors: film director James Cameron and Google billi...

A 164ft (50m) long space rock with the destructive power of an H-bomb will narrowly miss the Earth next year, scientists predict. Asteroid 2012 DA1...

A bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Friday, 27 January 2012, coming as close as one-fifth the distance to the moon. NASA scientists say t...