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...

'The Last Orbit,' written by Ben Mezrich, will hit the screen directed by 'Fantastic Four' helmer Matt Shakman.

The Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube traveled alongside NASA’s DART to capture the spacecraft’s collision with Dimorphos. In this LICIACube...

With these new findings, researchers are closer than ever to validating a key planetary defense technique.

The "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observatio...