A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than previously thought, Nasa says.When first ...

UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth.The European Space Agency (ESA) has said that it has an almost ...

Alison FrancisSenior Science JournalistNASA/Goddard/University of ArizonaAsteroid Bennu is a 500m-wide pile of boulders, rocks and rubbleThe chemical building blocks of life have been found in the grainy dust of ...

A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022.The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at ...

Getty ImagesThe huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed.A second, smaller space rock smashed into the ...