While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

The hefty asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth on December 22, 2032, could instead hit the moon, it is thought. New ...

This piece is not only rare due to its composition, but also where it was found. Typically, most meteorite discoveries happen ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

YR4 raised Earth impact concerns for 2032, but later calculations, especially from the Webb Telescope, lowered the risk.

The rest are mostly S-type or silicaceous – a mix of metal and silicate crystals – or metallic or M-type asteroids, which contain predominantly iron and nickel. One asteroid scientists are ...

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...

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

The Villena Treasury in Spain’s southeastern city of Alicante, as well as being home to a plethora of gold and silver ...

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

We've unearthed the article which appeared in the Grimsby Telegraph in March 1935 after a 'ball of fire' hit the village ...

The spacecraft captured the Red Planet and its enigmatic moons, Deimos and Phobos, marking its first deep-space imaging ...