All news on the topic: Asteroids

Nasa is tracking an asteroid which will fly past Earth this weekend, with the huge space rock estimated to reach speeds of more than 24,000mph and be between 67 metres and 150 metres in diameter

The DART spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos to successfully demonstrate the ability to change the exact course of an asteroid in space

Almost twenty years ago, a potentially hazardous asteroid "Apophis" was predicted to have an extremely close fly-by with Earth in 2029 and even predicted to hit the planet

The white dwarf star was discovered with a strange metallic scar on its surface, which likely occurred when the star ripped up and ate a small planet in its orbit

The asteroid, dubbed 2007FT3, was spotted 16 years ago but was so faint it vanished although scientists were able to work out when it is next due near the Earth later this year

From The Beatles, to Dolly Parton, Mr Spock and other famous names, as technology has advanced scientists have had to come up with even more creative names for asteroids

NASA scientists hope the studying the asteroid could glean valuable information about how planets are formed. There is also the added incentive of the possibility it contains untold wealth in the form of rare metals

The first asteroid sample collected by NASA has reached Earth after it was released by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft earlier today. The sample is from asteroid Bennu

NASA experts have shed light on the chances of the huge asteroid smashing into earth - even giving a date when the three-mile wide space rock could land on our planet

Scientists believe an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building could hit Earth in 159 years' time - and NASA experts are finalising plans for an Armageddon-style deflection should it be required

Hurtling through space is an asteroid so large, it has led to speculation it is completely jam-packed with precious metals worth £8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - making everyone on Earth billionaires

NASA is gearing up to launch a spacecraft to study the asteroid 16 Psyche, estimated to be worth $10 quintillion in precious metals

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is on a mission to asteroid 16 Psyche, rumored to hold a mind-boggling $10,000 quadrillion worth of precious metals

The asteroid, known as 2023 NT1, passed our planet unseen after approaching from our known blind spot through the glare of the Sun, and was only spotted two days later

Two huge asteroids will be whizzing past Earth on Monday, and one of them will be closer than the Moon at just 69,000 miles away - which means it's defined as a near-Earth object

Scientists have been studying the potential effects of an asteroid colliding with the Earth. This International Asteroid Day, we take a look at what would happen

The biggest is due to pass by on Saturday, June 24 and according to NASA's calculations has the diameter as much as 450 meters - or the equivalent of 37 London buses

Asteroid 2006 HV5, which has been classified as Potentially Hazardous Asteroid By NASA, will pass by the Earth at a distance of just 1.5 million miles on Wednesday

The European Space Agency has listed three asteroids which are set to make close approaches to the Earth in the early hours of Sunday morning and one is described as a risk

The picture was shared on Reddit and shows a strange cloud formation over St Petersburg, Russia. Some said it looks like a 'ball of fire' and others said it could be 'foreshadowing' the end of the world.

Asteroid 2023 D72 was discovered on Monday (February 27) but the building-sized asteroid will enter our atmosphere and fly by Earth later this weekend

Three giant flying space rocks – called 2012 DK31, 2006 BE55 and 2021 QW – are flying past Earth, with one asteroid coming as close as just 2.2million miles to us

The small 1m asteroid, currently designated as Sar2667, created a shooting star and an 'airburst' when it exploded after entering Earth's atmosphere

Craig Hamilton-Parker was discussing the dangers facing the Earth from space when he announced he believes there will be an asteroid event - but has shared how to save the world

A huge asteroid has narrowly passed the Earth tonight, flying past the tip of South America in one of the closest approaches of known near-Earth object on record