A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...

It gives federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by the Trump administration's ...

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

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

A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a matter of minutes, ...

One photographer put the age of starlight into perspective with stunning projections on some of Earth's oldest rock ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research finds an ancient asteroid strike carved out two grand canyons on the moon's far side. These aren’t the magnets you know.

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of ...