The mission is set for a close encounter with the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20.

By MARCIA DUNN, Associated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it make...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is 6 days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with an asteroid; this...

A study of thousands of space rocks may explain why a common type in space is so uncommon on our planet.

New analysis shows several families of dinosaurs were likely thriving in North America in the latter days of the dinosaur era.

5 min readHow NASA Science Data Defends Earth from AsteroidsArtist’s impression of NASA’s DART mission, which collided with the ast...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a t...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cret...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

New Webb Telescope data reconfirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The te...

NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.Thankfully if we do...

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After Austin Mayor Kirk Watson announced the city would change the way it works on its budget, the Audit and Finance commit...

The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by this Wednesday (M...