The asteroid Bennu carries a small but very real chance of slamming into Earth in the next few centuries, with one particular ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to visit a gargantuan asteroid — worth, according to some estimates, more than the Earth’s entire world economy — has hit a snag. On Tuesday, the space agency announced that ...

Researchers discovered sugars essential for biology, including glucose, in the asteroid material for the first time. A strange, pliable substance nicknamed "space gum" was also found, which could have ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an effort to understand the origins of Earth. Although it’s still a few years ...

The asteroid poses no threat to the moon or Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that set to zip past the Earth at some 15,200 miles per hour. The asteroid—"2025 PY1"— will make its closest approach at just 183,000 miles from our planet, ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

The asteroid gave us a reminder of our planet's vulnerability and the value of vigilant sky surveys. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...