An asteroid approximately 1.7miles in length, nine times the length of the QE2 cruise ship, is set pass by Earth at the end of May, according to Nasa....
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...
The latest in an array of possible causes of the 'Death of the Dinosaurs', is the possibility that it was a comet that was responsible for the dinosaurs demise.
Nasa chief Charles Bolden has said the best defence against asteroids is... prayer. The remark was made at the US House of Representatives Science ...
What a week! And it all kicked off - literally - with the Daily Mail headline 'HILARY MENTAL'. Which in turn led to David Cameron and Ed Miliband wadi...
Nasa has released a video of the asteroid DA14 which came within 17,200 miles of Earth last week. The Olympic swimming pool-sized rock had enough d...
The United Nations has held high-level discussions about the threat of asteroids and meteors after last week's bombardment in Russia. According to ...
A European satellite has taken a picture taken from space of the meteor which crashed into a Russian town on Friday. And while there's no fireball,...
The tale of the meteorite which smashed into an Eastern Russian town on Friday seems strange enough - but now the internet is aflame with conspiracy t...
The meteorite which streaked across the skies in Russia might be the most spectacular ever seen - but it's not the first. YouTube is resplendent wi...
Astronomers insist that a massive asteroid set to pass terrifyingly close to the Earth on Friday will not strike the planet. The 150-metre wide ast...
When the 150-foot wide asteroid DA14 passes ridiculously close to the Earth on Friday, this is what it will see. A computer generated video has use...
An asteroid which is set to make an uncomfortably close pass by the Earth on Friday would be worth $195 billion if we could capture it and mine its re...
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...
Space tourism has set a precedent for extra-terrestrial industries, and could be the forerunner of a much more expansive and lucrative economy to emerge outside of Earth's atmosphere, one that could really take-off (excuse the pun) once the initial infrastructure is in place.
Another company is set to enter the race to mine asteroids for precious resources. Deep Space Industries says it wants to build an entire fleet of ...
A massive asteroid which scientists feared would smash into the Earth in 2036 probably won't, new research has shown. The asteroid Apophis, named a...
An asteroid which Nasa says is 'potentially hazardous' is due to fly worryingly close to Earth on Wednesday. And while there is no chance the 270m-...
GIF: XE54 A three-mile wide asteroid came, in galactic terms, rather close to Earth on Tuesday. The catchily monikered, 2012 XE54 asteroid p...
For all of the many ways Hollywood movies have devised for humanity to deflect deadly asteroids, they've never considered paintballs. But scientist...
A massive field of diamonds worth trillions of pounds has been discovered underneath a meteorite crater in Russia, scientists have announced. The i...
There was shock and awe for South Wales residents on Monday night after a meteorite raced across the night sky then exploded with such force that it r...
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...
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...
