NASA launched a mission to an asteroid a scientist estimated could be worth up a ridiculous amount, but they later made an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The telescope's view of a portion of the Virgo Cluster is bombarded by asteroids, captured as tricolored streaks. - RubinObs / ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A visit to an asteroid is revealing the origins of life in our solar system. In 2023, the OSIRIS-REx mission brough samples from the asteroid Bennu to Earth. This month, the results of ...

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact ...

Astronomers at the University of Washington recently discovered a record-breaking asteroid using early images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, Azernews reports, citing foreign media.

A newly tracked asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, triggering bright flashes, lunar debris, and rare meteor storms on ...

Psyche! You could be a billionaire soon. An asteroid discovered by NASA has the potential to set every human for life with ...

You may have heard a lot of online chatter about Earth's two moons recently, but that doesn't quite get the discovery right. Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon ...

An asteroid passed by our planet just days after its discovery. Asteroid 2017 BX, nicknamed "Rerun," was discovered on Jan. 20. The asteroid "skimmed past Earth within the moon's orbit," according to ...