Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, but NASA said there's nothing to be worried about.

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...