Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Saturday proposed establishing a common defense system to counter space threats

The extraterrestrial double whammy that Earth only partially avoided on Friday has triggered an immediate response from astronomers.

A terrifying meteorite shower left more than 950 people injured, buildings devastated and the mobile network wiped out when it hit Russia this morning.

Asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its closest approach to Earth at 2:25 p.m. ET Friday, and the world’s astronomers have been on the lookout for it.

Scientists at Deep Space Industries have put a value on an asteroid set to buzz past Earth this week of $195 billion

Scientists say they are sure there is no chance of the 150ft (45.7m) wide space rock hitting the planet.

A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Feb. 15, when an office-building-size asteroid will speed past Earth fcloser than some communications satellites.

An asteroid the size of a 15-story building will zoom past Earth next week, flying uncommonly close but posing no danger.

My colleague Ian O’Neill has described one of the most unique interplanetary missions in the history of space exploration

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Refine an asteroid deflection plan that will attempt to bring a little piece of Armageddon to a space rock in 2022.

A new asteroid-mining company launched Tuesday with the goal of helping humanity expand across the solar system