The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

The impact of the asteroid 66 million years ago did not stop life from returning to normal for very long. New research shows ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

Astronomers now say a newly discovered asteroid has a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to NASA — the second time they've increased the odds recently. The near-earth object was ...

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Learn how the world’s “largest digital camera” has detected approximately 2,000 new asteroids, a collection that includes ...