The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

Scientists Warn These Asteroids May Grow ‘More Dangerous’ As They Approach Earth ...

Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory, boasting the world's largest digital camera, has discovered a mountain-sized asteroid, 2025 ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

Is Space Mining Our Future Gold Mine? This video explores the potential of asteroid mining for rare-earth metals and minerals ...

Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

A rare iron meteorite has been found in the Sahara Desert, providing scientists a unique glimpse into the cores of ancient ...

Video captured by KHOU 11 television showed the aircraft touching down on the runway without its landing gear extended. The ...

An artist's rendering of 2025 MN45 - the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. Photo: NSF-DOE ...