December 7, 2009 – Alexandria, VA – Join Challenger Center for Space Science Education for a live interactive webcast, Thursday December 10th at 3:00pm with John Ristvey, Principal Consultant for ...

June 30, 2015, was the first “Asteroid Day,” when “people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids” and what can be done to protect the planet from asteroid and comet impacts, ...

The European Space Agency is fast-tracking a new mission called Ramses, which will fly to near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis and join the space rock in 2029 when it comes very close to our planet — ...

The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 500-foot-wide (150-meter-wide) asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach ...

June 30, 2015, was the first “Asteroid Day” — a “global awareness movement where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids and what we can do to protect our planet” from ...

In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil and ...

Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise information from tiny "spherules" embedded in layers of ...

A “killer asteroid,” large enough to decimate Baltimore and the surrounding areas, may be heading toward Earth at this very moment. No, I’m not talking about the one that scientists say arrived on ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Since the beginning of time, humans have looked up at the stars and dreamed of exploring the universe. This dream is becoming more of a reality with each passing year and as ...

They're calling them "planetary embryos". When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists believe that two asteroids might be ...

We may finally have figured out where the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs actually came from. The discovery pinpoints the impactor's origins and reveals key insights into its chemical composition, ...