As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us.

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

YR4, it appeared, was heading for Earth but more data recorded by the Webb Space Telescope has offered new information about ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us. Thirty years ago the ...

The huge "city-killer" asteroid scientists feared would hit Earth may now smash into the Moon instead, according to experts.

A new observation estimates that the space rock measures 60 meters and has a 2% chance of impacting the satellite ...

Designated as near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 ... April 10 (UPI) -- For the first time, nuclear fuel enriched above 5% will be irradiated in a commercial U.S. reactor, the Department of Energy ...