As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near future, it would most ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

Two asteroids in the main asteroid belt between ... a post-doctoral researcher at The Open University, told Space.com "This provides evidence that angrites could indeed be linked to the debris ...

As we move into 2025, the field of space exploration is buzzing with exciting missions, new technologies, and a renewed focus ...

NASA and the ESA regularly track thousands of near-Earth asteroids, but depending on the size, the space rocks are not always easy to spot. But improvements in asteroid survey technology ...

“Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet’s ... The findings were reported in two journal articles on Wednesday.

To avoid having this happen with materials acquired from asteroids in space, scientists from Kyushu University in Japan carefully analyzed their samples acquired from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

believed to have originated from planetesimals], suggesting these asteroids could be some of the most ancient remnants of an early-formed planet in the early solar system," Ben Rider-Stokes, a ...

Asteroids of this size impact Earth every few thousand years, and they can cause severe damage to local regions, according to the ESA. The space rock has a “size range comparable to that of a ...

To avoid having this happen with materials acquired from asteroids in space, scientists from Kyushu University in Japan carefully analyzed their samples acquired from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. That ...