The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...

NASA gives ‘all clear’ for asteroid that seemed to threaten Earth The probability of impact has shifted in the past two months as astronomers gathered more information about the asteroid from ...

But fear not: NASA announced on Monday that it posed a threat no longer — the odds that the asteroid would smash ... January and February, from 1.2 percent to a peak of 3.1 percent on Tuesday ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat ...

The new facility represents Pallas’ sixth institutional warehouse, but this is the first one that will be used to fund construction loans. Previous loans, typically between $2 million and $50 ...

On Dec. 17, the asteroid will come to within 5 million miles of Earth. Then, on Dec.22, 2032, 2024 YR4 will pass within just 167,000 miles of our planet. For context, the moon is 238,855 miles away.

Japan’s Hayabusa2 space probe has successfully returned with precious asteroid samples that could reveal crucial clues about the early solar system and the origins of life.

The new facility represents Pallas’ sixth institutional warehouse, but this is the first one that will be used to fund construction loans. Previous loans, typically between $2 million and $50 million, ...

The European Space Agency's peak probability estimate was slightly lower, at 2.8%. Last week, NASA and the ESA agreed the probability of an asteroid strike was closer to 2%. "However," NASA ...