Earth could be staring at a catastrophe waiting to happen because 39 asteroids roaming near us can possibly hit us at any ...

In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, NASA has confirmed that samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain all five ...

Meteorites have been common with other Mars rovers. In Gale Crater, Curiosity discovered a variety of iron-nickel meteorites, ...

Astronomers were slow at spotting a small giraffe-sized asteroid that zoomed past our planet on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, ...

The number 40,000 might not sound particularly dramatic, but it represents humanity's growing catalog of near-Earth asteroids ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

Key Takeaways An asteroid is currently heading toward the Moon. NASA scientists are exploring a nuclear option. The stakes ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified Phippsaksla, a metal-rich rock likely to be an iron-nickel meteorite formed ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed "Phippsaksla," that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

That day is the center of “Impact: The End of the Age of the Dinosaurs,” a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. “There’s no doubt — well, arguably at least — that ...