"Over the past thousand years, the asteroid has passed through a particularly intense swarm that has profoundly altered the ...

A small asteroid spotted only hours before it struck the atmosphere has become a touchstone for how fragile, and how powerful, our planetary defense really is. The impact itself was harmless, but the ...

Ballpoint pen ink found in Martian meteorites reveals hidden flaws and casts doubt on studies of the planet’s chemical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration provided by NASA in December 2025 depicts the aftermath of a collision between two massive space rocks orbiting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Didymos, left, and Dimorphos are seen just seconds before the DART mission impact. - NASA/Johns Hopkins APL In 2022, a NASA ...

MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio – The tiny black specks of rock that 10-year-old Mason Betsa held in his palm in River Styx Park on Wednesday may have been smaller than bacon bits. But to him, he was holding the ...

The "NEO Hunter" mission would use Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft to deflect space rocks. This plan builds on NASA's successful DART mission, which proved an asteroid's path could be altered.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope got a rare look at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery. Many years ago, scientists saw a dense, bright spot near a ...

SPRING, Texas — A rare space event that sent debris from the solar system into the Houston area is now drawing curious residents eager to find out if they’ve discovered a piece of it. About a week ...

The mysterious space rock that passed through our solar system grew significantly brighter as it left, according to scientists. Researchers say Comet 3I/ATLAS, suggested to be a hostile alien ...