New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of ...

Retired FBI supervisory special agent James Gagliano joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to weigh in on the manhunt for two masked suspects that officials believe intentionally set off an explosion at a ...

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains ancient, ice-covered rocks that may have delivered much of Earth’s water and possibly early microbes that shaped life here. How a DNA test solved a ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time ...

According to City of Hibbing Fire Marshal Shawn Nickila, at 6:38PM first responders received a page from 911 dispatch to the report of a house that had exploded. In regard to the proximity of the ...

Earth has a near miss—twice—after two small asteroids seemingly passed alarmingly close to the planet, less than two days apart, one of them going completely unnoticed until hours after it had already ...

An asteroid was spotted whizzing past Earth last week in the second closest approach to the planet ever recorded, according to authorities. Asteroid 2025 TF soared over Antarctica just before 9 p.m.

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid that’s approaching Earth at a zippy 36,216 miles per hour. The asteroid—known as “2025 TC”—is projected to make its closest approach at just 53,400 miles from ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...