I defined the shape of the ship, but not the look of the asteroids. I explained how the asteroids would break up, but not what that animation might look like. It was, at best, a game design outline.

‘For most astronomers, asteroids are sort of seen as the vermin of the sky, in the sense that they just cross your field of view and affect your data,’ co-author Julien de Wit said.

The two other airplane-sized asteroids are expected to fly past Earth on Sept. 10, according to NASA. Asteroid QF6 is passing within 1.65 million miles of the planet and is 68 feet in size and QE8 ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

The next two asteroids, the plane-sized QC5 and the bus-sized GE, will fly past Earth on Friday. QC5 measures approximately 83 feet in size, and will fly within 2.53 million miles of Earth.

Five asteroids, one as large as a house and two each the size of an airplane, will fly past Earth between Sept. 6 and Sept. 12, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard.

We may no longer have to fear unseen Empire State Building-sized space rocks passing within our orbit. Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge ...

Material harvested from asteroids could be used to sustain astronauts during long-duration space missions. Researchers from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have ...

Asteroids, the late-70s arcade hit, was an immensely popular game. Often those with the simplest premise, while maintaining a fun, lighthearted gameplay have the most cultural impact and longest le… ...

Space How asteroids can help us understand our place in the cosmos With the recent launch of the Psyche mission and the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu, asteroids are all the rage ...