Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will by the country's second attempt at an asteroid sample return mission.
Asteroids have wiped out life on Earth before - what are the chances of another hit any time soon ?
Infamous asteroid Apophis is in with a chance of hitting the Earth in just over 50 years time.
Researchers now believe the killer space rock could have been two asteroids orbiting one another.
In the wake of recent events there have been renewed calls for defensive measures against asteroids.
The 50m asteroid passed closer to the Earth than any other large asteroid in recorded history.
Deep Space Industries has announced plans to launch a fleet of asteroid prospecting spacecraft.
The European Space Agency is appealing for ideas for a future mission to study asteroid deflection.
In December 2004 Apophis was shaping up to be a major concern, but is that still the case now ?
The US space agency is considering a plan to drag a small asteroid in to orbit around the Moon.
The Japanese space agency has announced a follow-up to their successful Hayabusa spacecraft.
If the extinction asteroid had hit earlier than it did would the dinosaurs have still been wiped out ?
A graduate student from Massachusetts has developed a method to deflect an asteroid using paintballs.
Scientists have come up with a radical new way in which to help reduce the effects of global warming.
A new detector instrument is being planned to locate and track possible destinations for astronauts.
Can Eric Anderson and Chris Lewicki of Planetary Resources actually succeed in mining asteroids ?
Special training exercises have taken place underwater in preparation for a manned asteroid mission.
A team of astronauts are being trained for a mission to land on and explore the surface of an asteroid.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned a wealth of information during its analysis of the asteroid Vesta.
A group of entrepreneurs are planning to use robots to mine precious materials from nearby asteroids.