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

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

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is six days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with ...

In an exciting new chapter for NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, the spacecraft is now just days away from its second asteroid flyby.

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks passing the planet this week. The asteroid, known as "2025 DU25," will zip ...

YR4, it appeared, was heading for Earth but more data recorded by the Webb Space Telescope has offered new information about ...

Dr Kelly Fast is the space agency’s acting NASA Planetary Defense officer and will explain the technologies being created to ...

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

Last week, NASA scientists revealed that the infamous ... that this meant it "most likely" originated from the solar system's main asteroid belt. The asteroid was likely pushed into its current ...

NASA's Center for Near Earth Object ... In the past, even when the asteroid passed through the inner solar system, it didn't always come close to where Earth was at the time, which is why it ...