The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.

However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...

The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR24 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll need to prepare for the worst ...

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...

The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was found ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...

HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...

Ali Velshi explains how, amid reports of tension between Trump and Elon Musk, the president seemed to suggest sending the ...

YR4, the asteroid is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide and is projected to come close to Earth in December 2032.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

A high-tech sensor designed and built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has now traveled farther than 250 ...

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...