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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Of all the asteroids that become meteoroids by striking Earth's surface, only 4% contain abundant carbon. But scientists know ...

Scientists have unveiled new information about the 2024 YR4, a 'city killer' asteroid that scientists had warned could have a ...

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

2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...

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