An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

A NASA planetary expert has revealed that humankind has no way to protect against a city-killer asteroid if it were to head ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

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