NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

A six-mile-long asteroid, which struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of all life on ...

One prominent voice challenging reports on Earth's "second moon" or "mini-moon" is the host of the recent iteration of ...

In June and September of this year, scientists announced their decision to name four asteroids after the four Catholic ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...

NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.

While we are fascinated (sometimes alarmed) by space rocks hurtling towards Earth, we often fail to distinguish between asteroids, meteoroids, and meteors. Here's a rundown of their differences.

Scientists found a previously hidden massive asteroid crater in the Atlantic Ocean. Did two asteroids wipe out the dinosaurs?

The crater left from the second asteroid's impact has been dubbed the Nadir crater, and it was first discovered in 2022.

Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake ...

T he Psyche mission is on its way to study the metallic asteroid of the same name, and on its journey, continues to test the ...

Earth acquired a temporary mini moon, 2024 PT5, detected by astronomers. NASA will monitor its path, as it orbits for nearly two months before departing in late November, with a potential return in ...