CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. March 27: Whew, now here’s some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all clear for the next century from a particularly menacing asteroid.

A Japanese probe on Friday launched an explosive device at an asteroid, aiming to blast a crater in the surface and scoop up material that could shed light on how the solar system evolved.

WASHINGTON, March 30: New research released Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake.

FRANKFURT, Oct 12: An asteroid the size of a school bus flew remarkably near Earth on Thursday, providing scientists with an opportunity to test the warning systems that would kick in if a space collision was coming.

KATHMANDU, March 06: All-Nepal Asteroid Campaign 2017 launched during the period January-February has turned out to be the most successful asteroid search program in Nepal since the year 2012.