The rock is hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood at a zippy 8,768 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NASA lost track of an asteroid back in 2007, and in 2024, that same asteroid could have hit Earth. It passed by harmlessly, ...

Earth and the Moon both record evidence of a 'lost' period of bombardment. (NASA) Tiny crystal grains trapped inside a ...

The first few billion years of Earth's history saw the rise of life, the atmosphere and the oceans. Still, that time is ...

Moon impact 3.5 billion years ago reveals hidden Solar System history through tiny mineral grains. The discovery shows ...

Asteroid 2026 HW2 which is about 370 feet wide, will safely pass Earth on 29 May. This asteroid is approaching towards Earth from 4.21 million miles, with no impact risk, NASA confirms.

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...

Ancient fish fossils from Egypt fill a 10-million-year gap, revealing how modern ocean fish emerged after the asteroid ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

Scientists found evidence that Chicxulub remained hydrothermally active four times longer than earlier estimates.

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision ...