Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

Asteroid 2023 KU, comparable to a 35-story building, will safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance twice that of ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data ...

Scientists have finally found an answer to one of space’s biggest mysteries, and the answer could even lead to finally ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the ...

New analysis shows several families of dinosaurs were likely thriving in North America in the latter days of the dinosaur era ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...