Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Apollo asteroids are called “near-Earth ... Most of them exist within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.

Asteroids 314082 Dryope (2005 CZ36) (also an Apollo asteroid) and 143651 (2003 QO104) (an Amor asteroid that orbits the sun in the asteroid belt so is mainly between Mars and Jupiter) are also on ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Like all of the millions of other objects in the asteroid belt, it formed 4.5 billion years ago when our ... The remainder, like the half-century old Apollo lunar samples, will be preserved in their ...

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

(AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ... NASA’s Artemis program, the ...