The "mini-moon" is going to continue to orbit Earth with our moon for a total of 57 days. On Nov. 25, the asteroid is ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of ...

A house-sized asteroid is set to fly past Earth on 20 October. Known as 2024 SH1, the asteroid measures around 48 feet across ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with an asteroid due to make a close ...

Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to help them survive and get ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

Ice on ancient asteroids like Ryugu may have been crucial in kickstarting life on Earth. Researchers from Imperial and ...

The meteor’s impact triggered a cascade of effects. It kicked up so much dust that the sky darkened. As the sun dimmed, ...

The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

Around the same time Chicxulub marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, a second smaller asteroid also crashed into Earth.