The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

Consider the dramatic visual and gravitational consequences if a large asteroid struck and fractured the Moon.

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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated an exoplanet that’s super cool — literally. The huge planet, which is six times the mass of Jupiter, is the coldest exoplanet ever detected, with an ...

A major fire at Henley College in Coventry has destroyed much of the abandoned building, which was used as a filming location ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space ...

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is expected to zoom past the Earth today at a speed of around 19,193 miles per hour.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency released the images ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s got its first views of the asteroid Donaldjohanson in February 2025. NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL The Lucy mission is on a 12-year ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.