Asteroid Hitting Earth

Earth to have close encounter with small asteroid this week: NASA Systems

The asteroid was initially spotted by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov on Saturday and reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC)

NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid to test Earth's defence abilities

The mission is NASA's first demonstration of the agency's planetary-defense initiative to protect Earth from the possibility of a hazardous collision with an asteroid

Nasa's deflect-asteriod offensive to avoid future catastrophes on Earth

Dimorphos doesn't pose any threat to Earth, but the DART mission is the first physical test in space of one of NASA's primary tenets: planetary defense.

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: Nasa

Nasa estimates the asteroid's relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second

Stadium-sized asteroid, 2 others to whiz past Earth in June: Know details

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site at the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) reveals that they will be fast approaching the Earth this month

Asteroid strikes on Earth, Moon increased three-fold in last 290 mn years

The reason for this jump in the impact rate is not known but it could be related to large collisions taking place more than 290 million years ago

Could asteroids bombard the Earth to cause a mass extinction in 10m years?

Scientific researchers trying to find evidence of how asteroid impacts occur at regular intervals

Asteroid collision with Earth inevitable, warn experts

The warning comes ahead of the upcoming Asteroid Day on 30 June

How to backup life on Earth ahead of any doomsday event

Earth has been hit by objects in the past, with devastating effects

Growing risk of asteroid hitting Earth: Study

Czech scientists say asteroids may pose a real threat of collision with Earth