"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

We have to think outside of the box because what has been done to find primordial black holes previously hasn’t worked,” said ...

Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable insights for scientists and commercial interests.

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new observations of the space rock.

A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region. The space rock, which ...

A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around 27 inches wide, the asteroid—temporarily designated C0WEPC5—was ...

Scientists simulated the impact of a nuclear device detonated near an asteroid, successfully showing that such a blast could divert a rock that threatened Earth.

Asteroid CAQTDL2 will strike Earth's atmosphere on September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT). Discovered just eight hours ago by research technologist Jacqueline Fazekas at the Catalina Sky ...

A new study suggests that the giant, dino-killing rock may have originated from the outer parts of the solar system.

DART appears to have derailed its asteroid target from its normal evolution progress. The impact also made a crater.