The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 ...

NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

Experts warn that if a SpaceX mission accidentally alters an asteroid’s trajectory, it could trigger catastrophic collisions ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft discovered a mysteriously shaped asteroid, Donaldjohanson, revealing features that could revolutionize ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...

NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...

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

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 150 million years. Compared to the mere 4–6 million years that scientists believe humans ...