Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids spotted something unusual. A space rock, ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

On January 25, 2025, asteroid 2025 BK will pass close to Earth. This flyby highlights the important work scientists do to ...

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 was discovered by Nasa's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Scientists believe that the ...

A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months ... "First at Mars and now at the Earth, the impact ...