Asteroid Larger Than Some Of The World's Tallest Buildings To Pass By EarthAstronomers don't believe the asteroid poses any danger, but NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies is tracking it.
Asteroid Shaped Like A Skull To Pass Earth On HalloweenIt's shaping up to be an extra creepy Halloween for earthlings.
Small Asteroid Hits Earth Hours After Being Spotted By AstronomersA small asteroid slammed into Earth's atmosphere on June 2 just a few hours after it was discovered racing toward the planet, according to NASA.
'Lost' Asteroid To Pass Close To Earth TodayAn asteroid that was lost by tracking satellites eight years ago has been spotted again as it prepares to make a close pass by the Earth on May 15.
Earth Has Near Miss With Asteroid Spotted Just Hours EarlierAn asteroid came alarmingly close to striking the Earth on April 15, just hours after the large space rock was spotted flying through the solar system.
House-Sized Asteroid Passes By EarthAn asteroid the size of a house is zooming past our planet at about 16,000 miles per hour.
Asteroid Named After Freddie Mercury In Honor Of Queen Front Man's 70th BirthdayMay says the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre has designated an asteroid discovered in 1991, the year of Mercury's death, as "Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury.''
Research Shows More Asteroids Could Be Headed For EarthThe people of earth should prepare for more frequent encounters with asteroids, according to scientists.
Hundreds Injured By Blasts As Meteor Falls In RussiaA meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people.