Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

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Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the sample will be preserved for future generations of humanity, the best-case ...

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much.

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...