The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is carefully watching an asteroid called 2025 XM, a space rock about 84 feet (26 ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no danger to the planet.

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

Scientists warn that a possible asteroid strike on the Moon in 2032 could send debris towards Earth and endanger satellites.

On December 22nd, 2032, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of actually striking the Moon. If it does, it will release ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

New research suggests Earth’s water came from sources other than meteorites, challenging long-standing theories on planetary ...

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...