Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Many researchers believe these ancient rocks played a crucial role in delivering water to early Earth. Before hitting ... REx mission ventured to the asteroid Bennu to retrieve an unaltered ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is back in the spotlight. Brand new research has produced a better estimate of its size and orbit, which give it a 3.8 percent chance of hitting the Moon. Now a different group ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

"This is maybe about the limit size where you would start worrying if it hits populated areas ... collected dust and rocks from asteroid Bennu and returned them to Earth in 2023.