Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

A prolific astronomer from Vancouver Island has immortalized the name “Saanich” by naming a recently certified asteroid after ...

Astronomers studied it for clues to how early planets grew, and what Earth might have looked like in its infancy.

The Core, released in 2003, is a thrilling disaster movie that follows a team of scientists who are compelled to the Earth's center to restart the planet's core again, which has mysteriously stopped r ...

After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's dominant land ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Planetary scientists research the complex asteroid Vesta which may possess the same fundamental architecture as Earth such as ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" ...

JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...