Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft pulled off a maneuver in July that no space agency had managed before, aiming a laser at a small ...

The asteroid was estimated at about 0.8 meters, and it posed zero threat to people or infrastructure on the ground.

On April 13, 2029, an asteroid roughly 340 meters across will pass within about 32,000 kilometers of Earth’s surface, closer ...

A tiny asteroid named CERNQ52 entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean after being detected only hours earlier.

Superintelligent AI is one of many modern threats humanity faces. Former DeepMind researcher Ramana Kumar explains what could ...

CERNQ52, a diminutive asteroid, streaked into Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, detected by astronomers merely hours ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers. Asteroid 99942 Apophis ...

A newly discovered small asteroid is reportedly expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere near northwest Australia today. The ...

One asteroid impact may have carved Deimos, buried its surface in debris, and reshaped the entire Martian moon. An ...

A new study reveals how molten rock and fine asteroid dust could have produced an intense global heat pulse after the impact 66 million years ago.

The strength of gravity is different on every body in the solar system. Whether it's the crushing weight of Jupiter or the minuscule pull of a small asteroid, this fundamental force of physics still ...

A feather discovered inside 66-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur poop may help explain why modern birds survived the ...