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

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

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.

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

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fragments of the asteroid Bennu, carefully collected and ferried to Earth by a robotic spacecraft, contain the building blocks for life, NASA announced today. NASA ‘fist bumps’ an asteroid to ...