The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and ...

Witness the potential scale of destruction and long-term consequences of an asteroid impact on Earth. A boy and his father ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

Icy comets can supply water and oxygen to tidally locked e Feb 2025 research shows asteroid impacts could cool Earth and deplete ozo Studies provide insights into planetary habitability and potential ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...

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 ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new ...