Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

NASA's Lucy probe will journey to an asteroid that has remained untouched for 150 million years, potentially revealing ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Donaldjohanson formed about 150 million years ago when a much larger asteroid broke apart. Since then, its orbit and spin ...

Smithsonian and NASA scientists set out to collect an asteroid sample that may hold clues to the origins of life in our solar ...

Donaldjohanson (DJ), which is about to be studied by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an upcoming flyby on April 20, 2025? This | ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to ...

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.