The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.

The space rock is expected to make its closest approach at around 848,000 miles from the Earth, according to NASA.

The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet that never formed. When our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, the ...

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

What would happen if you obtained space-bending abilities and decided to test them out by placing Earth between the two asteroid belts in our Solar System? The short answer is you might be asking for ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known as “2025 MN45,” is also remarkable for its speed, and is the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers have identified 19 super- and ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these celestial wanderers inhabit the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, ...