A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

Tracking comets accurately is hard. A new effort with the U.N. and NASA aims to better chart these visitors using 3I/ATLAS.

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

High schoolers across the state will have the chance to take college-level courses ranging from asteroid disasters to data ...

International team finds glucose and ribose in samples from asteroid Bennu, marking first glucose discovery in space ...

Telescopes across the globe will track it so that astronomers can determine its exact location and make predictions about ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...