The new discovery is thankfully only 300 metres across and orbits at a safe distance from Earth

Chile and Argentina have  evacuated a region near the Copahue volcano in the Andes on the border between the two countries, after fears intensified that it would erupt.

An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth later this month.

Fist-sized fireball likely to be formed from debris from Halley's Comet

Magda Goebbels is a woman almost as infamous as Medea, and for the same reason: she murdered her children. The wife of Joseph Goebbels, she poisoned her five daughters and one son, then herself, in Hitler's bunker in the final days of the Second World War. Meike Ziervogel's debut novel imagines her motivations in scenes involving Magda, her mother and eldest daughter Helge.

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For over 30 years, the 100kg rock on farmer Faustino Asensio Lopez’s patio served its purpose as a ham press.

Hodgson hears chants about defender but preferred to focus on Tuesday’s game

The meteoric rise in traffic is due to the rise of social media and lucrative advertising by its parent company

Head of Nasa made statement at hearing held to establish what was being done and how much money is needed to better protect the planet for asteroids and meteors

The final path of meteor that injured about 1,000 people as it blasted to earth over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk has been plotted by astronomers.

After the week in which an asteroid passed a mere 17,000 miles from the earth, and a meteor injured over a thousand people in Russia one scientist warns 'duck and cover' is not an option

The meteor, which was travelling at around 33,000 mph rained down over the Ural Mountains last week