An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Recently a NASA probe returned from space, after setting down on and collecting samples from near-Earth asteroid Bennu. It was the first time the space agency had conducted such a mission and now they ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

New research shows that a pair of grand canyons were carved into the Moon's surface in barely 10 minutes when an asteroid ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...

A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.

The hunk of space rock measures somewhere between 130 and 300 feet long, but its speed is unknown. “It’s a matter of ‘does it ...

That's good news for NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side later this ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.