NASA is tracking asteroid 2026 FV6, a 91-foot airplane-sized space rock set to make a safe close approach to Earth on April ...

The asteroid is on the European Space Agency's Risk List, but poses no threat to Earth or the moon during the close approach.

A new study suggests meteor impacts may have created hydrothermal systems on early Earth, offering a possible setting for the ...

A 48-foot asteroid will pass Earth on April 12, 2026, at a safe distance of 4 million miles, posing no threat while offering ...

Historically planetary defense research has focused on deflecting asteroids by using momentum to nudge their cosmic course ...

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of ...

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

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases in asteroid Ryugu samples, suggesting the key building blocks of DNA and RNA are ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

NASA is keeping an eye on near-Earth objects. One such object is a small asteroid called 2026 FB. This asteroid is expected ...