The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Watch how a small asteroid was discovered and tracked just hours before impacting Earth using ground-based telescopes and ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

The curious minds at What If investigate what would happen if the most devastating asteroid hit Earth tomorrow, revealing impact zones, tsunamis, and mass extinctions.

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

A NASA study shows that meteorites delivered only a small amount of water to Earth over the past four billion years.

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history could have delivered ...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered ...

From the brilliant Geminids to the unpredictable Ursids, here are the top night-sky shows to mark on your calendar.

A close-up view of a portion of a "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the third Apollo 15 lunar surface ...