NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics show that Dinkinesh is ~0.5 miles (790 m) wide and the binary asteroid is 0.15 ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

A team of planetary scientists has developed a promising new way to peer beneath the dusty surface of Mars and other ...

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

On the early morning of May 12, truck driver Brian Robbins witnessed the meteor illuminate the sky above Coolgardie, ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

A Mother's Day meteor seen shooting across the night sky on Sunday surprised early risers in Western Australia who witnessed ...

In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...