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, brought back to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe, has revealed a fiery mineral that no one ...

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

What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing ...

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

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

There is a 1 in 2,700 chance the Bennu asteroid could hit Earth by 2182. An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would ...

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

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...