Scientists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new breed of tiny flying robots that weigh less than a gram ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

NASA’s recent DAART - Double Asteroid Redirection Test - was designed to see if scientists could nudge asteroids off their path. Scientists say the program was successful.

Last week, scientists who analyzed the rubble from a near-Earth asteroid reported their first detailed findings. The ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

According to Science Magazine, scientists have explained that even if the asteroid were to hit, the affected area would span about 800 square miles, meaning it’s more likely to hit a remote area.

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Researchers from Curtin University have made a groundbreaking discovery after analyzing some of the most well-preserved ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...

NASA researchers have been studying rock and dust brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu. Those particles revealed ...