A significant object has just passed through our planet's vicinity without incident. This passage, although safe, has captured the full attention of astronomers worldwide. This is asteroid ...

NASA and IAU have named a feature on asteroid Donald Johanson after India’s Narmada Valley, honouring its fossil heritage.

NASA confirms a 70-foot asteroid, 2025 RL2, is making a close approach to Earth today, travelling at a speed of 21,613 miles per hour.

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2025 RL2 is approaching. The space rock measures about 70 feet wide and is racing through space ...

Since completing its main mission, the Japanese probe Hayabusa2 is now on its way to an additional asteroid. It is much smaller than expected.

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...

Astronomers observed asteroid 2023 CX1 from discovery to its abrupt explosion over France, offering rare insights into sudden airbursts and planetary defense risks.

The study noted that only one location, primarily in the Australian state of South Australia, has so far yielded the recently ...

The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

An artist's impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26. New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have r ...

After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn't just survive—it thrived, at least according to new ...

The asteroid is believed to be now 11 meters (36 feet) across, spinning on its axis every five minutes, and has a peculiar composition. The discovery has massive implications for the mission. One of ...