Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are brought back.

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

This would mean that if 2024 YR4 were going to hit Earth on its next closest approach in 2032, we could nudge it enough to avoid disaster. —If an asteroid really threatened the Earth ...

On the morning of April 3rd, 2025, an asteroid named 2025 GB made a close pass by Earth, sparking some concern as it zoomed past our planet at a speed of 30,060 km/h. Measuring around 140 feet in ...

But Nasa's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies also ... collected dust and rocks from asteroid Bennu and returned them to Earth in 2023. Earlier this year, the first in-depth analysis of the ...