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

For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive ...

A massive crater on asteroid Psyche may hold the key to whether it’s a lost planet’s core or something more complex. New simulations suggest NASA’s upcoming mission could finally solve the mystery.

My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and its gravity strongly influences the movement of asteroids and comets. While it can capture or deflect some dangerous objects, it can also disturb ...

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft finally reached the giant asteroids Vesta and Ceres, scientists expected simple rocky worlds. Instead, the mission revealed mysterious bright spots, signs of icy eruptions, ...

Scientists studying tiny samples from the asteroid Ryugu have uncovered new clues about the magnetic environment that existed ...

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million ...

A team of scientists has investigated the so-called "Grand Canyon of the Atlantic": A huge underwater canyon extending 500 kilometers. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3 ...

Chloe Sexton, a baker from Memphis, Tennessee, recently opened up about the lawsuit her business, Chloe’s Giant Cookies, is facing. The Next Level Baker contestant revealed that a rival brand had sued ...