The solar system contained millions of asteroids, but only a handful rewrote scientific assumptions. Objects like Apophis ...

NASA’s Planetary Defense team tracks thousands of near-Earth objects, but only a handful pose a real threat. These massive asteroids cross Earth’s orbital path — and even a small change in their ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

The nitrogen in the gum was found to be in nitrogen heterocycles, which are the building blocks of nucleobases in DNA and RNA ...

NASA has confirmed that four near-Earth asteroids will pass by Earth within 24 hours, but all will remain at safe distances ...

The annual Geminid meteor shower should peak on Saturday night and continue onto early morning on Sunday while remaining ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, offering a spectacular celestial display visible worldwide, though Northern Hemisphere viewers will see more.

Early this year, a surprise space rock made headlines around the globe when the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn must have been particularly impressed by the November crop of new asteroids to have put the 18 ...

Four near-Earth asteroids are set to make close approaches to Earth within a 24-hour period, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed. Scientists stress that all four objects will pass ...