Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

The Bennu's newly found rugged surface, after additional testing, could rewrite what we know about ancient asteroids.

A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over northeastern Ohio on March 17, bringing the possibility of fragmented pieces scattered across a wide area.

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern ...

NASA is preparing to send humans beyond the Moon — toward a near-Earth asteroid. The mission will push astronauts into deep space for months, exposing them to radiation, isolation, and conditions ...

Rocks from outer space are constantly hurtling toward Earth, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs ...

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the size of a bus. Orbit animation courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashes through the roof of a house in Georgia, revealing clues about the origin of the Solar System.

Asteroid 2026 EG1 will pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth. | Credit: NASA JPL, NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. Pagan A newly discovered bus-sized asteroid is set to buzz Earth late on March 12, passing ...

Somewhere, out in the cold depths of space, there is a space rock that could destroy a large chunk of life on Earth. Is this fate inevitable? Could we find a way to stop it, or will we eventually ...

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove incredibly destructive, like the 60-foot Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over ...