NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six-mile-wide space rock triggered a global winter, ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.

Space agencies are closely monitoring a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has a probability of colliding with Earth in some years from now, according to assessments from NASA and the European ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample reveals important chemical molecules and minerals, offering new information about the ...