Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft is now on its way to Mars, preparing to provide a further test of the ...

NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), based in Washington, D.C., coordinates the agency's work to identify and ...

A Chinese-led international research team has identified the fastest-rotating near-Earth asteroid known to date and improved ...

There was once an asteroid big enough to wipe out the dinosaurs, but could a meteor ever knock Earth out of orbit? Although a ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid roughly 6 miles wide struck what is now Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, releasing ...

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have set the stage for ants to conquer the planet, with a surprising boost from ...

Earth’s tiny, temporary moons could become easy targets for sample-return missions. And we'll likely find more of them soon, thanks to the Rubin telescope.

Apophis's pass in 2029 will allow scientists to study an asteroid of this size up close. In addition, if conditions allow, it ...

Crocodilians — today's crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials and their many extinct relatives — have been a roaring ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft has launched toward Mars, aiming to return at least 10 grams of material from Phobos in 2031. A rover, remote observations and two sampling systems will help investigate how ...

NASA's DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos at a speed of approximately 6 km/s. This was the first experiment ...

One of my favorite night sky treats is shooting stars. One of the best chances to see a shooting star is August 12, which is ...