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Earth was hit with a massive six-mile-wide asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, and now researchers believe they know where in space it came from.

NASA conducted an internal report on the likelihood of it succeeding in protecting Earth from a devastating asteroid impact penciled in for 2038.

A stunning meteor passed through the night sky at speeds of more than 100,000 miles per hour, causing a bright flash of blue-green light.

NASA confirmed that a 1,000-foot-wide asteroid named after a 'God of Destruction' will approach Earth in 2029 and how the opportunity won't be missed.

The asteroid that exploded over west Berlin was only detected hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere, marking the 8th surprise asteroid entry.

The very first meteor shower of 2024 is about to take place, with the official date for the peak of the Quadrantids shower being January 4.

A team of scientists has identified what appears to be the first meteorite that has left Earth and then returned back to our planet.

A French woman claimed that she was hit directly in the chest with a rock that fell from space, and now scientists debunked those claims.

A woman that claimed she was hit in the chest with a meteoroid during a coffee date has taken that 'space rock' to geologists for examination.

Astronomers have identified a 200-foot-wide asteroid that's expected to come between Earth and the Moon while it travels at more than 17,000 mph.

An astronomer has captured incredible footage of a speedy meteorite slamming into the surface of the moon from his home in Hiratsuka.

NASA's Near-Earth Object Close Approach database has confirmed that this week four asteroids will be making a close approach to Earth.

An asteroid that was recently identified plummeted to the surface of Earth only hours after it was discovered, and now the meteorite has been found.

An asteroid more than 3,000 feet wide is about to pass Earth, and it will make its closest approach to our planet in the last 400 years.

Skywatchers caught a falling asteroid on video only hours after the European Space Agency (ESA) was notified of the incoming space rock.

Scientists have discovered the largest potentially hazardous asteroid, which has a diameter of nearly a mile and has been dubbed a 'planet killer.'

NASA's asteroid-tracking database has confirmed the existence of a massive asteroid estimated to be nearly 2,500 feet wide approaching Earth soon.

Astronomers have been looking for near-Earth asteroids for many years, and so far, they have found tens of thousands, but how many are dangerous?

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to provide unique views of NASA's DART spacecraft hitting an asteroid.

NASA has collided its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) into an asteroid, and researchers were shocked at how the asteroid brightened.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has successfully collided with its target asteroid millions of miles away, and here are its final images.

NASA has successfully collided its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into an asteroid located approximately 7 million miles away.

NASA has finally crashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid, changing its orbit, and you can get a demonstration by simply Googling 'NASA DART'.

NASA has said that its DART team has confirmed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos, locking in the trajectory of the DART spacecraft that's ready for colli.

A former NASA astronaut wants to protect Earth from killer asteroids and has developed a software tool to help defend from doom.

NASA's asteroid tracking database has confirmed that the largest asteroid of 2022 is currently making its approach to Earth.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory asteroid detection system recorded a building-sized asteroid zoom past our planet on May 9.

NASA confirmed the existence of a fireball that entered Earth's atmosphere and caused a sonic boom as it traveled 55,000 mph.

NASA has confirmed the existence of a fireball that entered Earth's atmosphere at 55,000 mph and caused a sonic boom to be heard.

NASA's Near-Earth Object Close Approach database has confirmed that tomorrow a large asteroid will be approaching Earth.

NASA's Center for Near-Earth Studies database has confirmed that a mile-wide asteroid will make a close approach to Earth.

NASA's Center for Near-Earth Studies has revealed that one of the biggest space rocks of 2022 will approach Earth this month.

An asteroid that is classified as 'potentially hazardous' will be making a close approach to Earth very soon, according to NASA.

An astronomer at the Konkoly Observatory discovered Asteroid 2022 FD1 just before it was due to make a close approach to Earth.

NASA is currently tracking an asteroid that is approximately the size of a bus as it makes a very close approach with Earth.

Researchers have discovered the largest crater on Earth that formed within the last 100,000 years, according to a new study.

NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has revealed there's a potentially hazardous space rock about to approach Earth.

An asteroid with an estimated diameter of 3,400 feet will be approaching Earth today, and you can watch it live right here.

NASA has confirmed that a massive asteroid measuring in at around 3,400 feet in diameter will be approaching Earth very soon.

An asteroid traveling at a crazy speed of 18,700 miles per hour was photographed when it made its close approach with Earth.

NASA's database that tracks all Near-Earth-Objects has confirmed a 3,400-foot-wide asteroid will approach Earth at 47,000 mph.

NASA's database that tracks Near-Earth Objects indicates that an asteroid anywhere between 260 - 600 feet approached Earth.

NASA's database has confirmed that three massive asteroids will be approaching Earth in the last days of 2021. Earth is safe.

Many people across several US states recently spotted a fireball entering Earth's atmosphere, with people catching it on film.

A man armed with a metal detector found a heavy rock back in 2015 and thought it was gold. It turned out to be much more valuable.

NASA are planning on colliding a small spacecraft into an asteroid in hopes of changing its orbit. Is this asteroid dangerous?

A NASA expert has revealed the chances of a moderately sized asteroid impacting Earth within the next one hundred years.

NASA experts working on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test have answered some public questions about asteroids impacting Earth.

A famous comet has made its closest approach to Earth in November 2021 and won't come close to our planet for 200 years.

Four hundred people from thirteen states have reported seeing a fireball streak across the night sky, some getting it on film.