Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...

Scientists believe they're the leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ... that this region is known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt ...

NASA revealed a car-sized asteroid, known as "2025 DQ", is hurtling past Earth today at approximately 15,000 miles per hour.

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.