An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is ...

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

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

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

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 ...

NASA's stunning radar images reveal asteroid 2025 OW, a tiny object spinning incredibly fast, challenging current scientific ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

A faculty member from Mississippi State University has discovered a new asteroid, a first for the Magnolia State.

A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed up by a pulp-era sci-fi writer. Which, ...