Francesco De Federicis Pope Leo XIII in 1898. The Vatican Observatory has named four asteroids after key figures in its history,...

Orbital data from asteroid 2001 CA21 points to a potential 153-day round-trip journey to Mars.

In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brustatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving...

The space rock is expected to make its closest approach at around 848,000 miles from the Earth, according to NASA.

A NASA researcher in planetary sciences explains how he discovered a new meteor shower linked to a disintegrating asteroid.

Astronomer Patrick M. Shober found a new meteor shower—and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun.

Astronomers just can’t catch a break from Rubin.

TransAstra has developed a plan to bag an asteroid and move it to a stable near-Earth orbit for processing.

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life...

NASA/Scott EckleyThese X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside asteroid Bennu. They sh...

5 Min ReadAsteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know WhyThese are X-ray computed tomography...

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life on our planet.

New research shows structure is one of Earth’s rare impact craters after massive asteroid struck region millions of years ago

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged in...