NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe has spotted the asteroid Bennu flinging pieces of its own surface into space. These “particle ejection events” happen all the time, … ...

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where ...

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

It works by heating up parts of the asteroid enough that it releases gases, propelling it off-course. What People Are Saying. Robert Massey, ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now. Latest U.S.

NASA and ESA scientists are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which is now projected to have a small chance of impacting the Moon ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret. ... parts of Africa, ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made. ... parts of Africa, ...

The asteroid is between 130 and 300 feet long, USA TODAY reported. Where could 2024 YR4 hit? Is Texas in its path? ... parts of Africa, the Arabian Sea and South Asia. ...

The asteroid was huge — likely between 6 and 9 miles (9.7 and 14.5 kilometers) in diameter. ... Italy and Spain and isolated the parts containing the metal ruthenium.

Thought to have formed in the outer solar system beyond Jupiter before our world itself coalesced, they only reached the inner solar system’s asteroid belt after being hurled there en masse by ...