Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a ...

NASA's DART mission made a cosmic mess four years ago — and now a new spacecraft is ready to scout out exactly what the first ...

As Earth wanders through space, there are many dangers lurking in the form of asteroids. Scientists are already keeping a ...

Astronomers using fresh data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have uncovered an asteroid that defies usual planetary ...

A tiny asteroid measuring up to 5 feet across was detected hours before safely burning up over northwestern Australia. The harmless fireball marked only the 13th time scientists detected an asteroid ...

In one month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved naming an asteroid after musician and actor 'Weird' Al Yankovic.

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

On December 6, 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe dropped off samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback before beginning a second journey toward a smaller space rock. The spacecraft’s extended ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will an asteroid hit the moon in 2032? What scientists are saying Astronomers now say a newly discovered asteroid has a 1-in-32 ...

A tiny space object, designation 2026 RW1, entered Earth's atmosphere off the coast of northwestern Australia on September 6, 2026. It burned up over the Indian Ocean. According to EarthSky, it was ...