For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. Shortly after it was discovered, ...

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A mysterious "mudball" meteorite exploded in the skies above Costa Rica in 2019, scattering rare, water-rich rocks across the ...

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

YR₄ is no longer a threat to Earth, but the moon is not yet safe. Even observations from space have not changed this.

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...