A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

Surface features on asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, as identified by the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission, have ...

A small asteroid will pass relatively close to Earth, highlighting the importance of global tracking and research. Scientists ...

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the ...

Young asteroids—which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system—are typically ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, measuring up to 951 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth early Thursday according to NASA ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...

Liquid water on asteroids reshapes how we understand the early solar system. A group of scientists, including researchers from the University of Tokyo, has found evidence that liquid water once moved ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet ...

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