Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid with two cameras, including the Near-Infrared Camera and ...

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

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

The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to form water.

Scientists have finally found an answer to one of space’s biggest mysteries, and the answer could even lead to finally ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

Despite previous research, Earth's long-gone mega-reptiles probably weren't dying off before an impact winter did them in for ...

NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...