A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid may come close to Earth, but how do experts calculate this potential impact?

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

A small asteroid flew 266 miles over Antarctica. It was too small to pose a threat, but objects of that size can produce ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is operating normally on its way to a near-Earth asteroid ahead of sampling later this year, according ...

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How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...