The space rock is hurtling toward the Earth at a zippy 8,478 miles per hour miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

A new study using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed that the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago caused only a modest decline in shark and ray species.

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

Cancer research laboratory tests can now be done using micro-physiological systems mimicking human physiology, allowing ...

Dr. Frederic Zenhausern (left) and Dr. Jerome Lacombe examine “ASTEROIDS” — 3D culture-organ-on-chip platforms, developed by ...

Unistellar's citizen scientists are using their smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense, research and observational astronomy.

Venus could experience a dramatic meteor shower this summer, the result of the breaking apart of a nearby asteroid that has ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

New research suggests another connection, one between these two asteroids and a possible Venusian meteor shower. If this is ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...