JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

Asteroid Ryugu or Asteroid 162173 Ryugu is the most important rock in our solar system after following a successful ...

You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve never heard of Chiron before – and I’m a ...

Don't worry, it's not hurtling towards us.

BALTIMORE — In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the real thing, crashing a spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos to prove that we don ...

Asteroid 2026 FM3 was discovered only days before making a close pass by Earth. Learn how close it got, whether it posed any ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...