Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

A massive asteroid heads toward Earth with increasing impact probability for 2032. NASA deploys the James Webb Telescope to ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 — and included a special ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

UK lawmakers have learned there is no international protocol for making decisions over how to respond to a prospective ...

If rocks could talk, this one (NWA 16788) would have a great tale to tell. It was ejected from its own planet by a massive ...

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...