In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about ... so are less likely to hit," Connors explained. "The bad news about that is that both Alinda and 2024 YR4 are ...

Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by ...

The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.

The spacecraft captured the Red Planet and its enigmatic moons, Deimos and Phobos, marking its first deep-space imaging ...

NASA has announced that the 540-foot-wide asteroid 2014 TN17 will pass Earth on March 26, 2025. Despite the pass being 5 ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals ... videos and can't-miss news, delivered to your inbox twice a week. Nasa has released new 'sonifications' of the Universe on the 25th anniversary ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about ... so are less likely to hit," Connors explained. "The bad news about that is that both Alinda and 2024 YR4 are very ...