This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

Located in Arizona, NASA is building the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, a $1.4 billion infrared telescope ... With more data, scientists can predict asteroid paths and assess potential threats.

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...

As concerns over Earth’s limited resources continue to grow, some entrepreneurs are eagerly looking beyond our planet to establish the next big business venture: asteroid mining. The prospect of ...

This classification applies to objects over 492 feet in diameter that come within a 4.6 million mile radius of Earth. And with the asteroid's current trajectory bringing it within 3.2 million ...

The James Webb Space Telescope will make additional observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4’s characteristics and orbital path in May using the midinfrared instrument, pictured being installed into ...

The solar system was packed with 50 to 100 protoplanets billions of years ago. Not all of them lived to tell the tale of the ...

Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about ... its 3:1 resonance with Jupiter and 1:4 resonance with Earth — by passing too closely. That means it won't ...