Russia is considering whether to launch a spacecraft capable of moving a huge asteroid called Apophis in a bid to protect Earth from the remote chance of an impact.

“At 11.14am EST, a very small asteroid will impact the Earth’s atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia’s Olyokminsky district,” the American space agency said on Tuesday.

Russia recently revealed a secret trove of "trillions of carats" of diamonds, under wraps since the '70s. The crater full of diamonds was created, apparently, 35 million years ago when an asteroid ...

In what sounds like an elevator pitch for an Armageddon sequel, Russian scientists announced that they've developed intercontinental ballistic missiles that aim to destroy asteroid Apophis, which ...

The vapor trail from the Chelyabinsk impact (the streak of cloud at the upper left) seen by Elektro-L, taken just 10 minutes after the event. All photo by Roscosmos / NTSOMZ/ SRC "Planeta ...

Several new studies on the Feb. 15 meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia, has revealed a much higher asteroid risk to Earth than previously thought, scientists say. See the latest details.

“At 11.14am EST, a very small asteroid will impact the Earth’s atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia’s Olyokminsky district,” the American space agency said on Tuesday.

A small asteroid burned up in a spectacular fireball over northeastern Russia on Wednesday, barely hours after it was detected. The asteroid, measuring just about 70cm in diameter, was spotted ...