Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

NASA seems to be constantly keeping us on our toes about asteroids. One almost always seems to hear of some celestial rock ...

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...

Purdue professor along with a team of scientists analyze asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to give a better understanding of the past.

On Wednesday, an unprecedented memo from the International Asteroid Warning Network reached the United Nations Office for ...

Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

YR4 was discovered just a month ago. It is being monitored because there is a possibility – though very small – of impact with Earth in 2032. What do we know so far about this asteroid, and what would ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.