Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...

On October 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

On a large asteroid named Vesta, mysteriously curved gullies and fan-shaped deposits may have formed from short-lived flows ...

In a fascinating cosmic event, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is keeping an eye on a 500-foot asteroid set to pass by Earth on 24 October 2024. Although its size may seem concerning ...

BEAUMONT — The Citrus Belt League is likely to have its third different champion in three years. Jeremiah Duhu passed for three touchdowns and ran for another score in leading the Beaumont ...

70% of meteorites traced back to three asteroid families Three significant collisions created meteorite sources Over 90% of meteorites now have identified origins ...

WASHINGTON — The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also brought opportunities for new life. Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to help ...

If the impactors originated from a collision in the distant asteroid belt, the meteorites would have struck random locations on Earth, rather than falling along a narrow stripe, Tomkins explained.

Asteroid Alert: In a cosmic reminder of the ever-present watchful eye of astronomers, NASA has flagged an asteroid, named 2024 RV50, that will make a close approach to Earth on October 18, 2024.

Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent The Perseid meteor shower over ...

MILAN — The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with an asteroid due to make a close approach to Earth in 2029. ESA signed a contract worth €63 ...