Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of ...

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...

The 73-feet-wide space rock is currently hurtling through space at a zippy 18,678 miles per hour, according to the space ...

Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

Some of the most basic building blocks of the solar system are missing from one of its most dangerous asteroids.

The OSIRIS-REx mission, which delivered over 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of Bennu ’s soil to Earth in 2023, is the largest haul of ...

The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2023 PX will pass Earth soon. The rock is around 73 feet wide in size. It is moving at a high speed through space.

Two asteroids will be passing perilously close to Earth in the near future. What do we know about them, and what preparations ...