The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected into space after a massive impact on the Moon thousands of years ago, the ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral ...

Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...

HUMANS have come a step closer to finding aliens after the “building blocks for life” were discovered by scientists on an asteroid. NASA's Osiris Rex spacecraft had grabbed parts of the ...

NASA's recent retrieval of asteroid samples has unveiled not only ... California's Mojave Desert and Africa's Sahara—would likely be lost if they were found in meteorites hitting Earth.

There’s certainly nothing living on the asteroid Bennu, an airless ... Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published ...