Chicxulub asteroid type identified: a new Science Advances paper concludes the dinosaur-killing impactor was a CO chondrite — ...

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe ...

Scientists began suspecting the object when they saw unanticipated changes in its orbit.

China's state space agency announced a coordinated ground-and-space monitoring system for near-Earth asteroids on June 30, ...

Nearly 400 days and a billion kilometers after leaving Earth, China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has arrived at its target: the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Mark Garlick The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ...

A meteorite that crashed into a home in New Jersey in 2024 has become one of the most valuable specimens for scientists ...

"Thanks to the homeowner’s quick reaction, these are the most pristine CM1/2 meteorites we know of." ...

A shattered asteroid may have unleashed a long-lasting cosmic barrage that left scars across the inner solar system and ...

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home carried ancient salts, organic molecules, and evidence of water on its parent ...

A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.

Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remnants of the early solar system circle the sun.