A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...

NASA+ partnered with the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for a discussion about this new documentary, "Planetary Defenders." ...

NASA is tracking the path of a huge asteroid that will come hurtling past Earth at a staggering speed of 35,000mph later ...

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

Asteroid impact sulfur release less lethal in dinosaur extinction. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 26, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250116133822.htm ...

The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event that occurred 66 million years ago is believed to have been caused by an asteroid crashing into Earth just off the Yucatan peninsula in south ...

If you want to do it the easy way, you can see a livestream of the asteroid today from the comfort of your home via the Virtual Telescope Project. Asteroids are, by definition, irregular pieces of ...

The massive asteroid (887) "Alinda" has made its closest approach to Earth in decades and is set to reach peak brightness in a rare and once-in-a-decade event. The event can be observed this ...

The enormous near-Earth asteroid (887) Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to watch it ...

can be seen using binoculars from the Northern Hemisphere. (Artwork shows an asteroid and Earth). A near-Earth asteroid with about the same diameter as The National Mall in Washington D.C. had a ...

Scientists have made the remarkable discovery that a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system. Dubbed 2060 Chiron, the 125-mile-wide hybrid is of particular ...