Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023 ... to two billion years ago, this mega-asteroid broke apart in the Asteroid Belt, producing a chunk of rock that ...

At the latest count there were more or less 1.5 million asteroids and minor planets which have been identified, named and numbered in our solar system. The vast majority can be found in the ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

Jan. 17, 2025 — Astrophysicists have imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them. The crystal-clear images show ... Jan. 16, 2025 — A research ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...