An asteroid discovered Tuesday (April 9) made an extremely close, but harmless, pass by planet Earth today (April 11).Asteroid...
TEXAS — Nearly four years after NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft collected a sample from an asteroid, scientists are finally revealing...
The discovery of predatory dinosaurs in marine sediments in Morocco suggests life was abundant and diversifying at the end of the Cretaceous...
There is almost zero chance that the infamous city-killer asteroid "Apophis" will hit Earth when it zips closely past our planet in...
Scientists have discovered that the target asteroid of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) may have been reshaped by the...
66 million years ago, the last dinosaurs vanished from Earth. We're still trying to understand why. New fossils of abelisaurs — ...
NASA scientists have finally tallied how much material a spacecraftsnatched from a distant "potentially hazardous" asteroid, and it...
On Oct. 13, 2023, NASA launched a mission to 16 Psyche, a large, metal-rich asteroid about six years away, to learn more about...
Mining the moon and asteroids could be worth trillions upon trillions of dollars, and several companies have popped up with that mission...
Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of...
Using a "paleothermometer," researchers have determined the temperature of the Chicxulub crater just after the dinosaur-killing asteroid...
A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metalCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s Psyche spacecraft...
NASA revealed Wednesday the contents of the OSIRIS-REx capsule containing the first asteroid sample collected in space.NASA revealed...
A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid has streaked through Earth’s...
What you need to know about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission as it prepares to return asteroid samples to Earth on Sunday. A seven-year-long...
Five asteroids will fly past Earth beginning Wednesday, but aren't expected to threaten the planet, NASA said. Five asteroids...
NASA's DART mission to successfully collide with an asteroid last year sent a "swarm of boulders" into space, according...
A huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, and is set to pass by our planet at its closest point on Wednesday evening, NASA reports.The...
