"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

During next month's flyby, Lucy will collect data on the asteroid's shape, surface geology and cratering history. The data Lucy will gather from Donaldjohanson is especially important because that ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four per cent chance of smashing into the Moon, ...

"Telescopes would certainly see it, and binoculars might," he added. Webb will observe the asteroid again next month for further analysis.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter ... When the detection of the asteroid was announced last month, NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability ...

A giant asteroid is not hurtling towards Earth about ... 01 percent chance of impacting Earth in the next 100 years. "If there were any object large enough to do that type of destruction in ...

California-based AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 spacecraft, named Odin, which is set to launch next month, SpaceNews reports. The Odin spacecraft ...

adding that this was more common in fist-sized asteroids. More information will come when Webb again observes the asteroid again next month.