You may like NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars? A risky maneuver could ...

A newly discovered asteroid estimated to be about as long as the Lincoln Memorial is tall is set to fly between the moon and ...

Here’s the good news: If a near-Earth object (NEO) big enough to wipe out humanity entirely is ever on a collision course with our planet, we’re likely to find out about it a good while before it ...

An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.

Nathan Kessel proudly presents his adorable kitten named Asteroid Destroyer, a tiny cat with an overly dramatic identity.

Nathan Kessel meets his second adorable kitten also named The Asteroid Destroyer, doubling the feline chaos.

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus on ...

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus ...

Life on Earth may have origins from far, far away. Scientists have found a full set of life-building molecules in a nearly pristine asteroid sample, and the discovery suggests that the necessary ...