In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...

Several asteroids will pass by Earth in the next few days, some of them getting shockingly close in astronomical terms. … ...

There are two main types of stony meteorite: chondrites (some of the oldest materials in the solar system) and achondrites (including meteorites from asteroids, Mars and the Moon). Both chondrites and ...

The second asteroid's impact site is called the Nadir crater. Rock was liquified, launching a tsunami into the Atlantic Ocean ...

Most of the meteorites that land on Earth today can be traced back to just three recent collisions out in the asteroid belt, according to a pair of recent studies. It’s hard to trace meteorites ...

The researchers focused on a specific type of asteroid called carbonaceous chondrites, which contain up to 10.5% water and substantial amounts of organic matter. This includes asteroids like Bennu ...

These are the types of asteroids believed to have contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago. The agency is preparing for emergencies by developing a fleet of “1,000 ...

Here’s how it works. A swarm of interplanetary dust, rocks, comets and asteroids thought to be responsible for two famous impacts here on Earth has been found to be not quite as menacing as ...

Until now, researchers feared that this swarm contained a large number of kilometer-sized asteroids, capable of causing significant regional damage if they struck Earth. This type of event recalls the ...