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

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

YR4, once referred to as a ‘city-killer’ with the potential to cause regional devastation and impact the climate, is no ...

YR4 initially had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but NASA revised the probability to almost zero. However, ...

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed of chunks of rock and ice like comets, dwarf planets, and random objects ...

The asteroid will be studied by the Webb telescope again in May 2025 before it disappears into the outer solar system for the next several years. The James Webb Space Telescope is a powerful ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid ... since they show up only in plots of the average distance of asteroids from the sun. The gaps remained a mere curiosity of the solar system for ...