NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...

Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) ...

The Apophis asteroid, dubbed the 'God of Chaos', is set to pass closer to Earth than satellites in geosynchronous orbit on ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

All signs point towards disaster as the 'most dangerous asteroid in history' arrives on Friday the 13th, with this being the ...

NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in ...

A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers. Asteroid 99942 Apophis named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire is expected ...

In a new Nature Communications study, researchers developed a universal scaling framework for the strength of granular ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...

Our solar system is filled with rocky debris tumbling around the sun, most of which is the same age, but sometimes you find ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lucy found asteroid Donaldjohanson wobbling, scarred by impacts and rich in water-altered minerals from an ancient breakup.