In a cosmic fireworks display, scientists have observed two objects colliding around a bright star 25 light-years from Earth.

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ...

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

For only the second time ever, a collision between two asteroids has been observed around an alien star not too far beyond ...

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing ...

A surprising discovery has been unveiled by astronomers as they have categorized the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid.The recent announcement marks a significant milestone in the detection of ...

NASA raised eyebrows earlier this month when it announced that astronomers were tracking a massive asteroid that poses a small, but troubling, chance of striking Earth in the coming years. The space ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

Global cooperation is, unsurprisingly for a threat that comes from the stars, essential. Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Note: The Earth, Sun and asteroids are depicted as representations, not ...

A new study from the University of São Paulo in Brazil said some asteroids orbiting Venus “can pose a collisional hazard to Earth” benmoss/Getty Experts say Venus is hiding some asteroids that could ...

Astronomers have detected three asteroids in close proximity to Earth, two of which pose a potential threat as "planet killers" because of their larger and hazardous size, but don't worry, says a NASA ...