A nearby planetary system is seen in detail in our first look at an asteroid belt outside our solar system in infrared light ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...

Scientists say that a newly discovered space-rock has a chance of colliding with our planet in less than 10 years ...

The vast majority can be found in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid approaches happen every day while close approaches with Earth and near misses are less ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus also ...